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Rights talk : the impoverishment of political discourse / Mary Ann Glendon.
LIBRA KF4749 .G54 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glendon, Mary Ann, 1938- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- United States.
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Civil Rights.
- Medical Subjects:
- Civil Rights.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 218 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan, [1991]
- Summary:
- Product description-- Political speech in the United States is undergoing a crisis. Glendon's acclaimed book traces the evolution of the strident language of rights in America and shows how it has captured the nation's devotion to individualism and liberty, but omitted the American traditions of hospitality and care for the community.
- Contents:
- The Land of rights
- The Illusion of absoluteness
- The Lone rights-bearer
- The Missing language of responsibility
- The Missing dimension of sociality
- Rights insularity
- Refining the rhetoric of rights.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-209) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Glendon, Mary Ann, 1938- Rights talk.
- ISBN:
- 0029118255
- 9780029118252
- 0029118239
- 9780029118238
- OCLC:
- 23582653
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