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Autore |
Schwartz Howard S. <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Society against itself : political correctness and organizational self-destruction / / Howard S. Schwartz |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2018 |
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0-429-91934-4 |
0-429-90511-4 |
0-429-48034-2 |
1-283-07107-X |
9786613071071 |
1-84940-782-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (310 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political correctness |
Organizational behavior |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Table of Contents; Cover; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Political correctness and organizational self-destruction*; CHAPTER TWO: Organization and meaning: a multi-level psychoanalytic treatment of the Jayson Blair scandal at the New York Times; CHAPTER THREE: Religion against itself: psychodynamics of some peculiar television commercials produced by the United Church of Christ; CHAPTER FOUR: Antioch against itself: transformation of the meaning of Antioch College; CHAPTER FIVE: Organization in the age of hysteria |
CHAPTER SIX: L'imagination au pouvoir: Britain in the age of Princess DianaConclusion; REFERENCES |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""Political correctness"" involves much more than a restriction of speech. It represents a broad cultural transformation, a shift in the way people understand things and organize their lives; a change in the way meaning is made.The problem addressed in this book is that, for reasons the author explores, some ways of making ""meaning"" support |
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