
Radically Civil
Saving Democracy One Conversation at a Time
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. August 2023
Book
Hardback
86 pages
978-1-032-57693-0 (ISBN)
Description
If you feel like the world has gone to hell in a handbasket, you're not alone. If you often feel there's nothing you can do about it, you're also not alone. Along with this increasing anger, fear, and frustration, much confusion still prevails on the appropriate communication practices for responding to difficult situations and improving our lives. Communication experts Robert Danisch and William Keith explain why and how we can practice radical civility in this practical guide to everyday "political" communication.
This guide begins with examples of radical civility to show the potential of this kind of communication to change minds and bridge differences. The authors then unpack the three foundational principles of radical civility as useful theoretical tools for thinking throughout interactions with others in civic spaces. This is then followed by a three-step process for practicing radical civility drawing on research into active listening and its importance for creating connections, validating other views, and opening up possibilities for future conversation. The guide concludes with evidence-based communication practices and prescriptive recommendations for how to do each and show examples of each in action.
Radically Civil: Saving Democracy One Conversation at a Time is a much-needed communication-based antidote to polarization, preparing students, researchers, and community leaders to be responsible participants in today's society.
This guide begins with examples of radical civility to show the potential of this kind of communication to change minds and bridge differences. The authors then unpack the three foundational principles of radical civility as useful theoretical tools for thinking throughout interactions with others in civic spaces. This is then followed by a three-step process for practicing radical civility drawing on research into active listening and its importance for creating connections, validating other views, and opening up possibilities for future conversation. The guide concludes with evidence-based communication practices and prescriptive recommendations for how to do each and show examples of each in action.
Radically Civil: Saving Democracy One Conversation at a Time is a much-needed communication-based antidote to polarization, preparing students, researchers, and community leaders to be responsible participants in today's society.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Illustrations
2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
263 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-57693-0 (9781032576930)
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Persons
Robert Danisch is Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of three monographs and a popular book on communication practices and the host of the communication skills podcast "Now We're Talking." His work has appeared in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Rhetoric Review, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Social Epistemology, Public Understanding of Science, and Southern Communication Journal. He teaches courses in Communication Ethics, Speech Writing, Persuasion, Small Group Communication, and Public Communication.
William Keith is Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of the award-winning Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement and coauthor of two highly regarded textbooks, The Essential Guide to Rhetoric and Public Speaking: Choices and Responsibility. His current research focuses on the role of rhetoric and communication in public deliberation, with a focus on the intellectual and pedagogical history of the speech communication field.
William Keith is Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of the award-winning Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement and coauthor of two highly regarded textbooks, The Essential Guide to Rhetoric and Public Speaking: Choices and Responsibility. His current research focuses on the role of rhetoric and communication in public deliberation, with a focus on the intellectual and pedagogical history of the speech communication field.
Author
University of Waterloo, Canada
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Content
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. The Problem and the Promise
2. The Principles
3. The Process
4. The Practices
5. The Payoff
References
Index
Acknowledgements
1. The Problem and the Promise
2. The Principles
3. The Process
4. The Practices
5. The Payoff
References
Index