Open AccessPoprawność polityczna ponad wszystko? Kilka uwag o antynaukowych inklinacjach lewicy regresywnej
Author(s) -
Markus Lipowicz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zeszyty pracy socjalnej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2449-6138
pISSN - 1507-4285
DOI - 10.4467/24496138zps.20.025.13080
Subject(s) - ideology , epistemology , normative , sociology , politics , conceptualization , section (typography) , value (mathematics) , sketch , resentment , political correctness , philosophy , law , political science , mathematics , computer science , linguistics , statistics , algorithm , operating system
Political correctness above all? A few remarks on the antiscientific inclinations of the regressive leftThe objective of this essay is to present the “regressive left” as an anti-scientific ideological movement which seeks to supersede intellectual integrity as the chief value in the academic sphere by the normative prerequisites of political correctness. In the first section I will try to sketch a general conceptualization of the term “regressive left” itself and name a few examples in order to demonstrate how its representatives and followers tend to restrict freedom of speech in the areas of research and teaching, as well. In the second section I will try to grasp the theoretical roots of this ideology from the perspective of the history of ideas, with an emphasis on the thoughts of Herbert Marcuse and Michel Foucault. Finally, in the last section I will characterize the “regressive left” as a movement based on resentment as understood by Max Scheler.