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16 produkter
Rhetoric of Fascism
Av Patrick D. Anderson, Rya Butterfield m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
621 kr
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Highlights the persuasive devices most common to fascist appealsFascism has resurfaced as one of the most pressing problems of our time. The rise of extremist parties and candidates in Europe, the United States, and around the globe has led even mainstream political commentators to begin using the …
Deliberate Conflict
Argument, Political Theory, and Composition Classes
Häftad, 2007
448 kr
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In ""Deliberate Conflict: Argument, Political Theory, and Composition Classes"", Patricia Roberts-Miller argues that much current discourse about argument pedagogy is hampered by fundamental unspoken disagreements over what democratic public discourse should look like. The book's pivotal question …
Rhetoric and Demagoguery
Häftad, 2019
510 kr
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In a culture of profit-driven media, demagoguery is a savvy short-term rhetorical strategy. Once it becomes the norm, individuals are more likely to employ it and, in that way, increase its power by making it seem the only way of disagreeing with or about others. When that happens, arguments about …
Voices in the Wilderness
Public Discourse and the Paradox of Puritan Rhetoric
Häftad, 2014
313 kr
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What has gone wrong with discourse and deliberation in the United States? It remains monologic, argues Patricia Roberts-Miller in Voices in the Wilderness, which traces America’s dominant form of argumentation back to its roots in the rhetorical tradition of 17th-century American Puritans. A work …
Rhetoric of Fascism
Av Nathan Crick, Jacob A. Miller-Klugesherz m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
365 kr
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Decoding the discourse: Rhetorical foundations of authoritarian power. Fascism has resurfaced as one of the most pressing problems of our time. The rise of extremist parties and candidates in Europe, the United States, and around the globe has led even mainstream political commentators to begin …
Fanatical Schemes
Proslavery Rhetoric and the Tragedy of Consensus
E-bok, 2010
682 kr
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What was the relationship between rhetoric and slavery, and how did rhetoric fail as an alternative to violence, becoming instead its precursor? Fanatical Schemes is a study of proslavery rhetoric in the 1830s. A common understanding of the antebellum slavery debate is that the increased stridency …
Voices in the Wilderness
Public Discourse and the Paradox of Puritan Rhetoric
E-bok, 2014
544 kr
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What has gone wrong with discourse and deliberation in the United States? It remains monologic, argues Patricia Roberts-Miller in Voices in the Wilderness , which traces America’s dominant form of argumentation back to its roots in the rhetorical tradition of 17th-century American Puritans. A work …
Demagoguery and Democracy
Häftad, 2020
82 kr
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What is demagoguery? Some demagogues are easy to spot: They rise to power through pandering, charisma, and prejudice. But, as professor Patricia Roberts-Miller explains, a demagogue is anyone who reduces all questions to us vs. them.Why is it dangerous? Demagoguery is democracy’s greatest threat. …
Speaking of Race
How to Have Antiracist Conversations That Bring Us Together
Häftad, 2021
82 kr
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It’s easy to say that racism is wrong. But it’s surprisingly hard to agree on what it is. Does a tired stereotype in your favorite movie make it racist? Does watching it anyway mean you’re racist? Even among like-minded friends, such discussions can quickly escalate to hurt feelings all around—and …
Deliberating War
Inbunden, 2024
497 kr
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This book argues that treating politics as war derails essential democratic processes, including deliberation and policy argumentation, in complicated ways. “Politics is war” is not always just a figure of speech, but often a sincere expression of how people see disagreement—they mean it …
Deliberating War
E-bok, 2024
652 kr
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This book argues that treating politics as war derails essential democratic processes, including deliberation and policy argumentation, in complicated ways. “Politics is war” is not always just a figure of speech, but often a sincere expression of how people see disagreement—they mean it …
Deliberating War
Häftad, 2025
497 kr
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This book argues that treating politics as war derails essential democratic processes, including deliberation and policy argumentation, in complicated ways. “Politics is war” is not always just a figure of speech, but often a sincere expression of how people see disagreement—they mean it …
Rhetoric and Religion in the Twenty-First Century
Pluralism in a Postsecular Age
Av Jonathan Alexander, Patricia Bizzell m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
440 kr
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Expanding the scope of religious rhetoric/B>Over the past twenty-five years, the intersection of rhetoric and religion has become one of the most dynamic areas of inquiry in rhetoric and writing studies. One of few volumes to include multiple traditions in one conversation, Rhetoric and Religion in …
Voices in the Wilderness
Public Discourse and the Paradox of Puritan Rhetoric
Inbunden, 1999
521 kr
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This volume traces America's dominant form of argumentation back to its roots in the rhetorical tradition of the 17th-century American Puritans. It provides approaches to argumentation and the teaching of rhetoric, composition and communication, and a perspective on debates over public discourse.
Fanatical Schemes
Proslavery Rhetoric and the Tragedy of Consensus
Inbunden, 2009
582 kr
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What was the relationship between rhetoric and slavery, and how did rhetoric fail as an alternative to violence, becoming instead its precursor? ""Fanatical Schemes"" is a study of proslavery rhetoric in the 1830s. A common understanding of the antebellum slavery debate is that the increased …
