Contemporary Rhetorical Citizenship / Christian Kock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kock, Christian, author.

Series:

Rhetoric in society.

Rhetoric in Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages). : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2015.

Summary:

This book presents studies from different academic fields of theoretical issues raised by public discourse, focusing on understanding and evaluating how its many manifestations both reflect, shape, and challenge the society it is a part of. The book also presents analyses of examples from around the world of civic communication, ranging from public hearings about same-sex marriage over polemical letters to the editor to public displays of knitting as a protest form.

Contents:

Introduction Rhetorical Citizenship as a Conceptual Frame: What We Talk About When WeTalk About Rhetorical Citizenship

Part I Rhetorical Criticism from the Viewpoint of Rhetorical Citizenship

Is Rhetorical Criticism Subversive of Democracy?

On Rhetorical Ethos and Personal Deeds: A 2011 Spanish Public Controversy

The Hunt for Promises in Danish Political Debate

"Keep[ing] Profits at a Reasonably Low Rate": Invoking American Civil Religion in FDR's Rhetoric of Tax Equity and Citizenship

Yarn Bombing: Claiming Rhetorical Citizenship in Public Spaces

On Trees: Protest between the Symbolic and the Material

"Cicero Would Love This Show": The Celebration of Rhetoric and Citizenship in The West Wing

Part II Studies in the Practice and Cultivation of Rhetorical Citizenship

Rhetorical Citizenship in Public Meetings: The Character of Religious Expression in American Discourse

Voice, Listening, and Telling Stories: The Communicative Construction of Rhetorical Citizenship in Small Groups

Argumentative Literacy and Rhetorical Citizenship: The Case of Genetically Modified Food in the Institutional Setting of a Greek Primary School

"People Power" in Philippine Presidential Rhetoric: (Re)Framing Democratic Participation in Post-authoritarian Regimes

On Being a Simple Judge: Exploring Rhetorical Citizenship in Aristotelian and Homeric Rhetorics

The Rhetorical Citizen: Enacting Agency

Part III Crossing Borders: Disciplinary, Political and Otherwise

Online Civic Participation, Discourse Analysis and Rhetorical Citizenship

"A Stowaway of Emigration": Polarizationin Hafid Bouazza's Work

Extending Civic Rhetoric: Valuing Rhetorical Dimensions of Global Citizenship in Civic Education

Rhetorical Citizenship beyond the Frontiers of Capitalism: Marx Reloaded and the Dueling Myths of the Commodity and the Common. A Game with Words: Rhetorical Citizenship and Game Theory

Contributors

Index of Scholarly Sources.

Notes:

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