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"Att vara eller att icke vara PK - det är frågan"

Bergenlöv, Elin LU and Hammer, Ebba (2017) STVA22 20162
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This study examines the meaning of the concept “political correctness”, which in a period of surprisingly short time has undergone great changes. Political correctness has for a long time been a noted and debated concept, which today has generated in a varied area of use, in general based on a way to label opinions of a debating person. The dissection of the concept is examined by a thorough analysis of primary material consisting of debate articles with the intention of identifying similarities and variation. The analysis is performed through narrative method and two different theoretical outsets; postcolonial theory and Lukes’ theory of power. Through these methods the study is allowed to gather recurring patterns and compile an evolved... (More)
This study examines the meaning of the concept “political correctness”, which in a period of surprisingly short time has undergone great changes. Political correctness has for a long time been a noted and debated concept, which today has generated in a varied area of use, in general based on a way to label opinions of a debating person. The dissection of the concept is examined by a thorough analysis of primary material consisting of debate articles with the intention of identifying similarities and variation. The analysis is performed through narrative method and two different theoretical outsets; postcolonial theory and Lukes’ theory of power. Through these methods the study is allowed to gather recurring patterns and compile an evolved comprehension of the concept of political correctness.
Thoroughly the analysis discusses what effects a central concept has in terms of indirect influences on the general debate. This paper presents a background in order to describe the purpose of the general discussion and conclusion in the paper.
The analysis leads to the conclusion of an awareness of the forthgoing complexity of political correctness, which generates insecurity in the public debate. After studying the material it is clear that it exists a complex of problems concerning the finding of a definition of the term. (Less)
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author
Bergenlöv, Elin LU and Hammer, Ebba
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En narrativ analys av politisk korrekthet som föränderligt begrepp, i en svensk kontext.
course
STVA22 20162
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
politisk korrekthet, PK, makt, narrativ analysmetod, begreppshistoria
language
Swedish
id
8896614
date added to LUP
2017-02-08 15:40:11
date last changed
2017-02-08 15:40:11
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  abstract     = {{This study examines the meaning of the concept “political correctness”, which in a period of surprisingly short time has undergone great changes. Political correctness has for a long time been a noted and debated concept, which today has generated in a varied area of use, in general based on a way to label opinions of a debating person. The dissection of the concept is examined by a thorough analysis of primary material consisting of debate articles with the intention of identifying similarities and variation. The analysis is performed through narrative method and two different theoretical outsets; postcolonial theory and Lukes’ theory of power. Through these methods the study is allowed to gather recurring patterns and compile an evolved comprehension of the concept of political correctness.
Thoroughly the analysis discusses what effects a central concept has in terms of indirect influences on the general debate. This paper presents a background in order to describe the purpose of the general discussion and conclusion in the paper. 
	The analysis leads to the conclusion of an awareness of the forthgoing complexity of political correctness, which generates insecurity in the public debate. After studying the material it is clear that it exists a complex of problems concerning the finding of a definition of the term.}},
  author       = {{Bergenlöv, Elin and Hammer, Ebba}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Att vara eller att icke vara PK - det är frågan"}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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