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The Retreat of Reason: Political Correctness and the Corruption of Public Debate in Modern Britain (Second Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Anthony Browne
Publisher: Civitas:Institute for the Study of Civil Society
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 9100
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Pages: 121
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 1903386500
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
EAN: 9781903386507
ASIN: 1903386500
Publication Date: April 10, 2006
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 Excellent September 25, 2007
Simon Duke-low (UK)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This book is a very informative text for anyone who wishes to understand more clearly the effects of the Political Correct culture that has swept across our land over recent years.
Browne discusses in detail the objectives of the Political Correct elite and how this plague has driven an infection into the very heart of a once free speaking nation. Using strong examples and a thorough understanding of current events and social behavior this book gives the reader an interesting insight into debate and the suppression of debate that we are currently faced with.
The effects of PC culture that is so strongly enforced by our media and government are clear when we see how individuals have to behave day to day to ensure they are not offending some group or other. Browne brings home his point when introducing hypocrisy in PC culture, misleading statistical evidence to support PC objectives and the new victim culture that is so evident in today's society.
This is an excellent read and one which should certainly put a few noses out of joint. More of the same please!!
Spot on October 9, 2006
a reader (London)
41 out of 43 found this review helpful
As someone said, there's not much that feels especially new in it - and yet I've never read a book that addresses this topic quite so directly before. Some parts of it seem so blindingly obviously right that you almost wonder that it needs to be said. But of course it very much does need to be said. Browne occasionally refers to Political Correctness as an infection, and it certainly seems like that to me - and as he shows very clearly, a very serious and harmful one that has created a new kind of tyranny. I don't suppose that those who are electively blind will be cured by reading this book; but if you're not, you should read it.
Fair and truthful unlike the majority of PC practitioners February 6, 2006
Brian (UK)
58 out of 62 found this review helpful
The small pamphlet is very well written and covers a lot of what I have studied in psychology books over the years and what I believe is becoming a huge problem. For those who have taken the time to learn the facts on the psychology of PC-ness it will be nothing new but it is written in a very clear and common-sense form that makes it a great read. Don't get me wrong I think there is a need for a degree of PC in our culture but nowhere near the level it is currently running at. The current use of PC as a weapon by extremists to get their views across without others having the ability to give a retort is a disgrace and is especially true where the extremist is deemed also as a "victim group".
Some people will wave the flag of this being dangerous talk but to be honest unless it is relaxed a backlash will happen and the usefulness of low-level PC'ness will be lost :(.
Great read, everyone who thinks the world is made of cuddly bunny rabbits should be forced to read it.
Thank you Mr Browne! February 6, 2006
Dr T J Cross (CARDIFF United Kingdom)
33 out of 35 found this review helpful
If I was well off, I'd buy a thousand copies of this book, and give them away for free to politicians, social workers and the HR departments of our major companies. The book articulates our inward suspicions about the PC brigade in a masterly manner. You've heard of the Parable of the Emperor's New Clothes no doubt. When you read this book, exposing Political Correctness for what it is, you too will do the equivalent of that boy and yell out 'He's in his underwear!' The author should be awarded an OBE for 'Services to Humanity.'
Precise analysis November 20, 2006
J. P. Maciag (Peterborough UK)
30 out of 32 found this review helpful
It's pretty rare to find a book that hits the nail of its subject with such chilling and brief precision. Read it quickly before it is banned!
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