Rhetorical Democracy
How Communication Shapes Political Culture
Published on 3. October 2024
Book
Hardback
188 pages
978-1-6669-6193-5 (ISBN)
Description
Rhetorical Democracy: How Communication Shapes Political Culture offers an explanation and diagnosis of the current state of American democracy rooted in the American pragmatist tradition. Robert Danisch analyzes the characteristics of communication systems and communication practices that inhibit or enhance democratic life. In doing so, this book provides a detailed explanation of the ways in which the communication systems and practices that constitute democratic life are currently fostering polarization and how they might be made to foster cooperation. Scholars of communication, rhetorical studies, political science, and media studies will find this book of particular interest.
Reviews / Votes
Living Democracy represents an admirable addition to our reflections on what ails democracy-and how we are to fix it. It is unique in merging a care for our communication ecologies with a call for individual action, revealing how democracy is both something larger than each citizen and an intensely personal way of life to be maintained by each and all. -- Scott R. Stroud, University of Texas at Austin Recommended for students and scholars of rhetoric, communication, media studies, and political science. * Choice *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
2 Tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6669-6193-5 (9781666961935)
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Additional editions
E-Book
10/2024
1st Edition
Lexington Books
€32.99
Available for download
Person
Robert Danisch is professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
Content
Chapter 1: The Rhetorical Structures at the Systemic Root of Democracy
Chapter 2: Democratic Rhetorical Structures and Political Cultures of Connection
Chapter 3: Anti-Democratic Rhetorical Structures and Political Cultures of Disconnection
Chapter 4: Rhetorical Citizenship and the Practice of Democracy as a Way of Life
Chapter 2: Democratic Rhetorical Structures and Political Cultures of Connection
Chapter 3: Anti-Democratic Rhetorical Structures and Political Cultures of Disconnection
Chapter 4: Rhetorical Citizenship and the Practice of Democracy as a Way of Life