Papers on the Psychodynamics of Political Correctness and Related Phenomena

The following papers have been revised, in some cases extensively, to form chapters in my book Revolt of the Primitive: An Inquiry into the Roots of Political Correctness, which was published as a trade paperback in 2003 by Transaction Publishers, with a new preface, which is linked below.

·         Psychodynamics of Political Correctness

·         The Sin of the Father: Reflections on the Roles of the Corporation Man, The Suburban Housewife, Their Son, and Their Daughter in the Deconstruction of the Patriarch

·         The Power of the Virgin: Psychodynamics of Sexual Politics and the Issue of Women in Combat (Draft Two)
      Part One: Dimensions of Sexual Scandal
     Part Two: The Psychodynamics and Power of Feminism

·         Masculinity and the Meaning of Work: A Response to Manichean Feminism


·         Narcissistic Emotion and University Administration: The Case of Political Correctness

Published Papers and Reviews

·          Deconstructing My Car at the Detroit Airport

·          Organization in the Age of Hysteria

·         Political Correctness and Organizational Nihilism

·         Preface to paperback edition of Revolt of the Primitive: An Inquiry into the Roots of Political Correctness

·         Response to Criticism of Masculinity and the Meaning of Work

·         The Succession of Orthodoxies about Sexual Difference:A Review of Biology at Work: Rethinking Sexual Equality, by Kingsley R. Browne

·         The Remembrance of Things Past in Organization Theory A Review of Memory as a Moral Decision, by Steven P. Feldman

·          Review of Blinded by the Right, by David Brock

Working Papers

·         The Clash of Moralities in the Program of Diversity

·         Reality and Truth in the Politically Correct Organization:
The Case of the Burkett Memo Debacle at CBS News


·         Organization and Meaning: A Multilevel Psychoanalytic Treatment of the Jayson Blair Scandal at The New York Times (with Larry Hirschhorn)


·         Religion Against Itself: The Revolt of the Elite at the United Church of Christ

 

Papers on Organizational Decay

Revised versions of the following papers appear in my book Narcissistic Process and Corporate Decay: The Theory of the Organization Ideal. (New York University Press. Paperback edition 1993)

·      Narcissism Project and Corporate Decay: The Case of General Motors

·        On the Psychodynamics of Organizational Disaster: The Case of the Space Shuttle Challenger

·       Organizational Disaster and Organizational Decay: The Case of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration