Composition and Cornel West : notes toward a deep democracy / Keith Gilyard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilyard, Keith, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans.

African American philosophy.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Rhetoric--Philosophy.

Rhetoric.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.

Rhetoric--Social aspects--United States.

English language--United States--Rhetoric.

English language.

West, Cornel--Philosophy.

West, Cornel.

West, Cornel--Political and social views.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Composition and Cornel West: Notes toward a Deep Democracy identifies and explains key aspects of the work of Cornel West-the highly regarded scholar of religion, philosophy, and African American studies-as they relate to composition studies, focusing especially on three rhetorical strategies that West suggests we use in our questioning lives as scholars, teachers, students, and citizens. In this study, author Keith Gilyard examines the strategies of Socratic Commitment (a relentless examination of received wisdom), Prophetic Witness (an abiding concern with justice

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Flight West; 2. The Roots of a Deep-Democratic Project; 3. Socratic Commitment and Critical Literacy; 4. Tracking Prophetic Witness; 5. Tragicomic Hope in Democracy; 6. Landing Song; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-152) and index.

ISBN:

1-299-45463-1

0-8093-8700-X

1-4356-6365-9

OCLC:

856870160