The Rise of Victimhood Culture : Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and the New Culture Wars

__The Rise of Victimhood Culture__ offers a framework for understanding recent moral conflicts at U.S. universities, which have bled into society at large. These are not the familiar clashes between liberals and conservatives or the religious and the secular: instead, they are clashes between a new moral culture―victimhood culture―and a more traditional culture of dignity. Even as students increasingly demand trigger warnings and “safe spaces,” many young people are quick to police the words and deeds of others, who in turn claim that political correctness has run amok. Interestingly, members of both camps often consider themselves victims of the other. In tracking the rise of victimhood culture, Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning help to decode an often dizzying cultural milieu, from campus riots over conservative speakers and debates around free speech to the election of Donald Trump. "The Rise of Victimhood Culture offers a framework for understanding recent moral conflicts at U.S. universities, which have bled into society at large. These are not the familiar clashes between liberals and conservatives or the religious and the secular: instead, they are clashes between a new moral culture--victimhood culture--and a more traditional culture of dignity. Even as students increasingly demand trigger warnings and "safe spaces," many young people are quick to police the words and deeds of others, who in turn claim that political correctness has run amok. Interestingly, members of both camps often consider themselves victims of the other. In tracking the rise of victimhood culture, Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning help to decode an often dizzying cultural milieu, from campus riots over conservative speakers and debates around free speech to the election of Donald Trump."--Back cover. The Rise of Victimhood Culture offers a framework for understanding recent moral conflicts at U.S. universities, which have bled into society at large. These are not the familiar clashes between liberals and conservatives or the religious and the secular: instead, they are clashes between a new moral culture--victimhood culture--and a more traditional culture of dignity. Even as students increasingly demand trigger warnings and zsafe spaces,y many young people are quick to police the words and deeds of others, who in turn claim that political correctness has run amok. Interestingly, members of both camps often consider themselves victims of the other. In tracking the rise of victimhood culture, Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning help to decode an often dizzying cultural milieu, from campus riots over conservative speakers and debates around free speech to the election of Donald Trump. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii Microaggression and the Culture of Victimhood (Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning)....Pages 1-36 Microaggression and the Structure of Victimhood (Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning)....Pages 37-70 Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces, and the Language of Victimhood (Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning)....Pages 71-104 False Accusations, Moral Panics, and the Manufacture of Victimhood (Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning)....Pages 105-141 Opposition, Imitation, and the Spread of Victimhood (Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning)....Pages 143-176 Sociology, Social Justice, and Victimhood (Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning)....Pages 177-212 Victimhood, Academic Freedom, and Free Speech (Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning)....Pages 213-248 Conclusion (Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning)....Pages 249-265 Back Matter ....Pages 267-278 Annotation Offers a framework for understanding recent moral conflicts at U.S. universities, which have bled into society at large. These are not the familiar clashes between liberals and conservatives or the religious and the secular: instead, they are clashes between a new moral culture - victimhood culture - and a more traditional culture of dignity. Even as students increasingly demand trigger warnings and 'safe spaces', many young people are quick to police the words and deeds of others, who in turn claim that political correctness has run amok