Political correctness — it is an ideology

Leonid Ionin responds to commentaries of Irina Zhezhko on his book «Political correctness: a brave new world». He insists that political correctness — this is ideology, strongly associated with the constitutive features of modern mass democracies. However, he disputes some estimates and corrects som...

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Main Author: L. G. Ionin
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology 2013-03-01
Series:Социологический журнал
Online Access:http://jour.fnisc.ru/upload/journals/1/articles/368/submission/proof/368-61-649-1-10-20150119.pdf
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Summary:Leonid Ionin responds to commentaries of Irina Zhezhko on his book «Political correctness: a brave new world». He insists that political correctness — this is ideology, strongly associated with the constitutive features of modern mass democracies. However, he disputes some estimates and corrects some false, in his opinion, judgments of Zhezhko about his book. In conclusion he clarifies the ideological position he holds in the discussion.
ISSN:1562-2495