The Politically Incorrect Guide
Encyclopedia
The Politically Incorrect Guide is a book series by Regnery Publishing
presenting conservative or what the publishers of the books consider, politically incorrect
beliefs on various topics. Each book is written by a different author and generally presents a conservative or libertarian
viewpoint on the subject at hand. The series was the brainchild of Jeffrey Rubin, then editor of the Conservative Book Club, Regnery's sister company within Washington, DC-based Eagle Publishing.
Some books have variations on this theme, such as:
) on topics they would like to see covered in future books. The top three selected topics in a 2006 readers' poll were: the United States Constitution
, The Bible
, and Capitalism
. Books in the series for all three topics have since been published.
and accusing it of advocating
Neo-Confederate
ideas. Politically Incorrect Guide authors Kevin Gutzman
, Robert Murphy
, and Clint Johnson have all appeared on The Political Cesspool
, a Neo-Confederate radio show.
The usage of the term politically incorrect is seen by some as not meaningful in any significant way. "Political correctness is one of the brilliant tools that the American Right developed in the mid-1980s as part of its demolition of American liberalism", according to Will Hutton of the Observer in the United Kingdom.
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Two books had been translated into Italian
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Regnery Publishing
Regnery Publishing in Washington, D.C., is a publisher which specializes in conservative books characterized on their website as "contrary to those of 'mainstream' publishers in New York." Since 1993, Regnery Publishing has been a division of Eagle Publishing, which also owns the weekly magazine...
presenting conservative or what the publishers of the books consider, politically incorrect
Political correctness
Political correctness is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, certain other religions, beliefs or ideologies, disability, and age-related contexts,...
beliefs on various topics. Each book is written by a different author and generally presents a conservative or libertarian
Libertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
viewpoint on the subject at hand. The series was the brainchild of Jeffrey Rubin, then editor of the Conservative Book Club, Regnery's sister company within Washington, DC-based Eagle Publishing.
Content
Each Politically Incorrect Guide contains the following:- "Guess What" sections, which oppose common liberal viewpoints.
- "PC Myth" which discusses widely believed ideas that the authors see as completely false and what they believe to be the truth.
- Boxed texts
- "A Book You're Not Supposed to Read", depicted with a pigPigA pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...
at the top of each box, lists books that challenge politically correct opinions about topics covered in the Guide. - "Pig" which lists quotes from notable authors supporting the opinions given. A picture of a microphoneMicrophoneA microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...
is featured at the top of each box.
- "A Book You're Not Supposed to Read", depicted with a pig
Some books have variations on this theme, such as:
- "MuhammadMuhammadMuhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
versus JesusJesusJesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
" quotes in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam, which tells that Muhammad preached violenceViolenceViolence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
and Jesus nonviolenceNonviolenceNonviolence has two meanings. It can refer, first, to a general philosophy of abstention from violence because of moral or religious principle It can refer to the behaviour of people using nonviolent action Nonviolence has two (closely related) meanings. (1) It can refer, first, to a general...
. - "What They Don't Want You to Learn From..." in The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature.
- "A Book Atheists Want to Burn" instead of "A Book You're Not Supposed to Read" in The Politically Incorrect Guide to The Bible.
- "Books the Viet Cong wouldn't want you to read" in The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War.
- "Books a Yankee Wouldn't Want You To Read" in The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War.
Reader-selected expansion
One feature of The Politically Incorrect Guide series is the ability for readers to vote (through Regnery's associate Human EventsHuman Events
Human Events is a weekly American conservative magazine. It takes its name from the first sentence of the United States Declaration of Independence...
) on topics they would like to see covered in future books. The top three selected topics in a 2006 readers' poll were: the United States Constitution
United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States.The first three...
, The Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
, and Capitalism
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system that became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism. There is no consensus on the precise definition nor on how the term should be used as a historical category...
. Books in the series for all three topics have since been published.
Series
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to American HistoryThe Politically Incorrect Guide to American HistoryThe Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, by Thomas Woods, was published in December 2004. This book was the first in the Politically Incorrect Guide series published by Regnery Publishing, who view the series as covering topics without consideration for political correctness. The book...
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.Thomas WoodsThomas E. "Tom" Woods, Jr. is an American historian, economist, political analyst, and New York Times-bestselling author. He has written extensively on the subjects of American history, contemporary politics, and economic theory...
(December 2004) ISBN 0-89526-047-6 - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades)The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades)The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam is a controversial book by Robert Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch. It is part of The Politically Incorrect Guide series by Regnery Publishing.-Content :...
by Robert Spencer (August 2005) ISBN 0-89526-013-1 - The Politically Incorrect Guide to ScienceThe Politically Incorrect Guide to ScienceThe Politically Incorrect Guide to Science is a 2005 book by Tom Bethell, the third book in the Politically Incorrect Guides series published by Regnery Publishing, after the Guides to American History and Islam....
by Tom BethellTom BethellTom Bethell is a journalist who writes mainly on economic and scientific issues, and is known for his support of the market economy, political conservatism, and fringe science. He says that neither evolution nor intelligent design is falsifiable....
(November 2005) ISBN 0-89526-031-X - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex, and Feminism by Carrie L. LukasCarrie LukasCarrie L. Lukas is the managing director and director of policy for the conservative but non-partisan Independent Women's Forum . She is also a senior fellow at the Goldwater Institute and a contributor to National Review Online. Before her tenure at the IWF, Lukas worked for then U.S...
(May 2006) ISBN 1-59698-003-6 - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design by Jonathan Wells (August 2006) ISBN 1-59698-051-6
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American LiteratureThe Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American LiteratureThe Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature is the sixth book in Regnery Publishing's Politically Incorrect Guide series, published in December 2006....
by Elizabeth Kantor (November 2006) ISBN 1-59698-011-7 - The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South (and Why It Will Rise Again) by Clint Johnson (January 2007) ISBN 1-59698-500-3
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism by Christopher C. Horner (February 2007) ISBN 1-59698-501-1
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to CapitalismThe Politically Incorrect Guide to CapitalismThe Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, published in 2007 and authored by Austrian school economist Robert P. Murphy, is the ninth book in the popular libertarian series The Politically Incorrect Guides.Written as a result of a poll by P.I.G...
by Robert P. MurphyRobert P. MurphyRobert P. "Bob" Murphy is an Austrian School economist and anarcho-capitalist.-Education and personal life:Murphy completed his Bachelor of Arts in economics at Hillsdale College in 1998. He then moved back to his home state of New York to continue his studies at New York University. Murphy earned...
(April 2007) ISBN 1-59698-504-6 - The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution by Kevin R.C. GutzmanKevin GutzmanKevin R. Constantine Gutzman is an American historian, Constitutional scholar notable for having written The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution. He is a professor of the Department of History and Non-Western Cultures at Western Connecticut State University. He is an outspoken critic of...
(June 2007) ISBN 1-59698-505-4 - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting by Frank Miniter (September 2007) ISBN 1-59698-521-6
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible by Robert J. Hutchinson (October 2007) ISBN 1-59698-520-8
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East by Martin Sieff (January 2008) ISBN 1-59698-051-6
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization by Anthony EsolenAnthony M. EsolenAnthony M. Esolen is a professor of English at Providence College and noted translator of classic works, as well as a popular writer for magazines like the Claremont Review and Touchstone, of which he is a senior editor. He has translated Dante's Divine Comedy, Lucretius' On the Nature of Things,...
(June 2008) ISBN 1-59698-059-1 - The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War by Harold William Crocker III (October 2008) ISBN 1-59698-549-6
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal by Robert P. MurphyRobert P. MurphyRobert P. "Bob" Murphy is an Austrian School economist and anarcho-capitalist.-Education and personal life:Murphy completed his Bachelor of Arts in economics at Hillsdale College in 1998. He then moved back to his home state of New York to continue his studies at New York University. Murphy earned...
(April 2009) ISBN 1-59698-096-6 - The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers by Brion McClanahan (June 2009) ISBN 1-59698-092-3
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties by Jonathan Leaf (August 2009) ISBN 1-59698-572-0
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War by Phillip Jennings (February 2010) ISBN 1-59698-567-4
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism by Kevin D. Williamson (January 2011) ISBN 1-59698-649-2
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire by H. W. Crocker III (October 2011)
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents: From Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama by Steven F. HaywardSteven F. HaywardSteven F. Hayward is an American author, political commentator, and policy scholar. He argues for libertarian and conservative viewpoints in his writings. He writes frequently on the topics of environmentalism, law, economics, and public policy.-Career:...
(February 2012)
Criticisms
The Panda's Thumb, which supports mainstream science and the consensus on evolution, reviewed The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design providing analysis on nine of the 17 chapters and called it "not only politically incorrect but incorrect in most other ways as well: scientifically, logically, historically, legally, academically, and morally." Chris Mooney has criticized The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science, calling it "the Incorrect Guide to Science". Some historians also took issue with The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War criticizing its "cherry-picked research and one-sided judgments of figures"and accusing it of advocating
Neo-Confederate
Neo-confederate
Neo-Confederate is a term used by some academics and political activists to describe the views of various groups and individuals who have a positive belief system concerning the historical experience of the Confederate States of America, the Southern secession, and the Southern United...
ideas. Politically Incorrect Guide authors Kevin Gutzman
Kevin Gutzman
Kevin R. Constantine Gutzman is an American historian, Constitutional scholar notable for having written The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution. He is a professor of the Department of History and Non-Western Cultures at Western Connecticut State University. He is an outspoken critic of...
, Robert Murphy
Robert Murphy
Robert Murphy or Bob Murphy is the name of:In sports:*Irish Bob Murphy , American light heavyweight boxer*Bob Murphy , American sports announcer...
, and Clint Johnson have all appeared on The Political Cesspool
The Political Cesspool
The Political Cesspool is a weekly talk radio show founded by James Edwards, and syndicated by Liberty News Radio Network and Accent Radio Network in the United States...
, a Neo-Confederate radio show.
The usage of the term politically incorrect is seen by some as not meaningful in any significant way. "Political correctness is one of the brilliant tools that the American Right developed in the mid-1980s as part of its demolition of American liberalism", according to Will Hutton of the Observer in the United Kingdom.
Translations
Three of the books have been translated into SpanishSpanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
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- Guía Políticamente Incorrecta del Islam (y de las Cruzadas) ISBN 8496836075 - translation of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades)
- Guía Políticamente Incorrecta de la Ciencia ISBN 84-934669-9-9 - translation of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science
- Guía Políticamente Incorrecta del Calentamiento Global (y del Ecologismo) ISBN 8496836174 - translation of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism
Two books had been translated into Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
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- Guida (politicamente scorretta) all'Islam e alle crociate ISBN 8871807227 - translation of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades)
- Le balle di Newton ISBN 978884981640-2 - translation of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science