Politically correct
Posted on | March 5, 2007 |
‘…although cultural studies may perhaps tout as radical its preoccupations with such subjects as democracy, emancipation, egalitarianism, identity-formation, multiculturalism, postmodernism, feminism, queer studies, anti-racism, postcolonialism, marginality, hybridity and so on, in actual fact these are simply struggles at the cutting edge of the ‘politically correct’ ideology of capitalist expansion. For Zizek, cultural studies is thus a trail-blazer of neo-liberal ideology, which pushes ‘political correctness’ in order to ensure everyone is invested chiefly in their own ‘individuality’ and ‘difference’. This is unfortunate because it precludes effective political struggle, solidarity and agency. For, of course, individuality and difference are construed by Zizek as chiefly manifesting in different, pseudo-individual forms of consumption and leisure activities.’
- Paul Bowman, “Cultural Studies and Slavoj Zizek”
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