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Doomsday Speculation As a Strategy of Persuasion A Study of Apocalypticism as Rhetoric - Softcover

Borchardt, Frank L.

 
9780779942862: Doomsday Speculation As a Strategy of Persuasion A Study of Apocalypticism as Rhetoric
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ISBN 10: 0779942868 ISBN 13: 9780779942862
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1990

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Examines Doomsday predictions as a rhetorical ploy, arguing that assertions regarding the imminent "End of the [or a] World" represent a means of coercion to get others (or the world) to do something or stop doing something. Focuses on (1) the rhetorical dimension of the doom-sayers' predictions, and (2) the special logic of the doom-sayer. Observes how the seemingly outward-directed argument reverts to the self, concluding that predicting doom appears to be objective and to apply to the outside world, but is ultimately subjective, self-serving, and self-centered.

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  • PublisherThe Edwin Mellen Press
  • Publication date1990
  • ISBN 10 0779942868
  • ISBN 13 9780779942862
  • BindingPaperback

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