The Politically Incorrect Guide book series by Regnery Publishing presents "politically incorrect" beliefs on various subject matter and topics. Most of the books are from different authors, and generally exhort a conservative viewpoint of the subject at hand.
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Content
Each Politically Incorrect Guide contains the following:
- Cover teasers that summarize ideas presented in the book.
- Contents which list all the questions each Guide will be answering, contained within the appropriate chapter.
- Guess What sections, allegedly meant to antagonize liberals.
- PC Myth which discusses ideas that are widely believed but which the authors see as completely false. This is followed by a discussion of why the myth is believed and what they believe the truth is.
- Boxed texts
- A Book You're Not Supposed to Read (with a pig at the top of each box) lists books that challenge politically correct opinions about topics covered in the Guide in question
- PIG which lists quotes from authors to back up the opinions given. These feature a picture of a microphone at the top of each box. Some of these authors, like Bertrand Russell[1], are not ones who would support most opinions given in the series.
- Quotes, usually from people whose opinions the Guide does not favour.
Some books have variations on this these, such as:
- "Muhammad versus Jesus" quotes in the Guide to Islam, which aim to show Muhammad preached violence and Jesus nonviolence.
- What They Don't Want You To Learn From... in the Guide to English and American Literature.
- A Book Atheists Want To Burn instead of A Book You're Not Supposed to Read in the Guide to The Bible.
Reader-selected expansion
One feature of the Politically Incorrect Guides series is the fact that readers can (though Regnery's associate Human Events) vote for what topics should be covered by the series in the future. A poll in 2006[2] said that the most important topics not yet covered were the Constitution, the Bible, and capitalism: of which books for all three topics were since published.
Criticism
Critical opinion of the series varies, with liberals regarding the series as revisionism [1] and/or pseudoscience [2]. Other liberals have attempted to satirize the series by displaying non-existent titles [3][4]. Conservatives have generally viewed the books as valuable counters to liberal myths, though at times they have been skeptical of the standard of writing in the series The Claremont Institute - Why We Read.
Series
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods (December 2004) ISBN 0895260476
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades) by Robert Spencer (August 2005) ISBN 0895260131
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science by Tom Bethell (November 2005) ISBN 089526031X
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex, and Feminism by Carrie L Lukas (May 2006) ISBN 1596980036
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design by Jonathan Wells (August 2006) ISBN 1596980516
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature by Elizabeth Kantor (November 2006) ISBN 1596980117
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South (and Why It Will Rise Again) by Clint Johnson (January 2007) ISBN 1596985003
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism by Christopher C Horner (February 2007) ISBN 1596985011
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism by Robert P. Murphy (April 2007) ISBN 1596985046
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution by Kevin R.C. Gutzman (June 2007) ISBN 1596985054
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting by Frank Miniter (September 2007) ISBN 1596985216
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible by Robert J. Hutchinson (October 2007) ISBN 1596985208
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East by Martin Sief (January 2008) ISBN 1596980516
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization by Anthony Esolen (May 2008) ISBN 1596980591
Translations
Three of the books have been translated into Spanish:
- 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 8493466999 - 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
External links
- ^ "Bertrand Russell on Islam" in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And The Crusades); published 2005 by Regnery Publishing; p. 173
- ^ Politically Incorrect Votes are in
