New PDF release: Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices of Civic

By Gerard Hauser,Amy Grim

ISBN-10: 0805842640

ISBN-13: 9780805842647

ISBN-10: 0805842659

ISBN-13: 9780805842654

This assortment offers theoretical, serious, utilized, and pedagogical questions and situations of publics and public spheres, interpreting those contexts as assets and websites of civic engagement. Reflecting the present country of rhetorical thought and learn, the contributions come up from the 2002 convention lawsuits of the Rhetoric Society of the USA (RSA). The amassed essays collect rhetoricians of alternative highbrow stripes in a multi-traditional dialog approximately rhetoric's position in a democracy. as well as the wide range of themes offered on the RSA convention, the amount additionally comprises the papers from the President's Panel, which addressed the rhetoric surrounding September eleven, 2001, and its aftermath. different subject matters comprise the rhetorics of cyberpolitical tradition, race, citizenship, globalization, the surroundings, new media, public reminiscence, and extra. This quantity makes a novel contribution towards enhancing the certainty of rhetoric's function in civic engagement and public discourse, and may serve students and scholars in rhetoric, political reports, and cultural studies.

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