Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices of Civic Engagement - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805842640 ISBN 13: 9780805842647

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

This collection presents theoretical, critical, applied, and pedagogical questions and cases of publics and public spheres, examining these contexts as sources and sites of civic engagement. Reflecting the current state of rhetorical theory and research, the contributions arise from the 2002 conference proceedings of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA). The collected essays bring together rhetoricians of different intellectual stripes in a multi-traditional conversation about rhetoric's place in a democracy. In addition to the wide variety of topics presented at the RSA conference, the volume also includes the papers from the President's Panel, which addressed the rhetoric surrounding September 11, 2001, and its aftermath. Other topics include the rhetorics of cyberpolitical culture, race, citizenship, globalization, the environment, new media, public memory, and more. This volume makes a singular contribution toward improving the understanding of rhetoric's role in civic engagement and public discourse, and will serve scholars and students in rhetoric, political studies, and cultural studies.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerard A. Hauser is a College Professor of Distinction in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder. Editor of the journal Philosophy and Rhetoric, Hauser is the author of Introduction to Rhetorical Theory and Vernacular Voices: The Rhetoric of Publics and Public Spheres.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0805842640
• ISBN 13: 9780805842647
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 334
• Editor: Hauser Gerard, Grim Amy