Rhetoric in British Politics and Society (Rhetoric, Politics and Society) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137325526 ISBN 13: 9781137325525

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Synopsis

Although the art of rhetoric is central to the practice of politics it also plays an important role in civic and private life. Using Aristotelian notions of ethos, pathos and logos, this collection offers engaging discussions on everything from Prime Minister's Questions and Welsh devolution to political satire and the rhetoric of cultural racism.

About this title

About the Author:

Bridget Byrne University of Manchester, UK Robin Burrow, University of Buckingham, UK Andrew Scott Crines, University of Leeds, UK Katherine Dommett, University of Sheffield, UK Neil Foxlee, University of Central Lancashire, UK Richard Hayton, University of Leeds, UK Libby McEnhill, University of Huddersfield, UK Kevin Morrell, University of Warwick, UK Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Christopher Reid, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Katherine L. SmithUniversity of Manchester, UK Richard Toye, University of Exeter, UK

Review:

'Rhetorics in British Politics and Society is a unique book. It is the most comprehensive survey of the place of rhetoric in British political culture available at the moment. It is also a unique exercise in using rhetorical theory to understand contemporary political communication, which shows the potential of rhetoric as a paradigm in communication studies and political science. The authors say that the antidote to bad, manipulative rhetoric is not no rhetoric, but good rhetoric. They rightly draw our attention to the fact that the teaching and training of rhetorical skills, even if these do not go under that name anymore, is, in Britain, still the pregorative of the privileged and there it is often limited to an understanding of persuasion that stems from the hierarchical, paternalistic past of our political and social instutions. Much needs to be done to create new forms and understandings of what it means to 'speak well' and to democratise the teaching of rhetoric. The authors show that politics and civil society cannot afford to ignore rhetoric, its past and even more so its future' - Johan Siebers, Division of English Language, Linguistics, Literature and Culture, University of Central Lancashire, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1137325526
• ISBN 13: 9781137325525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 201
• Editor: Atkins J., Finlayson A., Martin J., Turnbull N.