Generation X and Political Correctness: Ideological ...
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| Title | Generation X and Political Correctness: Ideological and Religious Transformation among Students |
| Author(s) | T. Trenton |
| Journal | Canadian Journal of Sociology/Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, 1997, 22, 4, fall |
| Date | 1997 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Start page | 417 |
| End page | 436 |
| Abstract | Draws on 1983-1994 questionnaire data from 2,070 first-year sociology students ('Generation X' & 'Bust Generation' members) at the U of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown) to assess changes in students' values & attitudes. Analyses revealed two dimensions - liberalism & puritanism - that were negatively correlated every year; their cross-tabulation produced a four-fold typology labeled leftism, political correctness, traditionalism, & fundamentalism. Political correctness represented a unique blend of a liberalism that supports disadvantaged minorities while upholding institutional moral controls. The dominant ideology shifted from a religiously oriented fundamentalism to a secularly oriented political correctness. Traditionalism all but disappeared, while the secular new leftism remained constant. Political correctness, seen as a dialectic between liberalism & puritanism, is discussed in terms of the larger social context. 8 Tables, 31 References. Adapted from the source document. |
| ISSN | 0318-6431 |
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