Thomas A. Moriarty

Finding the Words

A Rhetorical History of South Africa's Transition from Apartheid to Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

The author accounts for South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy from a rhetorical perspective. Based on an exhaustive analysis of hundreds of public statements made by South Africa's leaders from 1985 to the present, Moriarty shows how key constructions of the political scene paved the way for negotiations, elections, and national reconciliation. These rhetorical changes moved South Africa out of the realm of violent conflict and into one of rhetorical conflict, a democratic space in which the country could resolve its problems at the negotiating table and in the ballot box.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781567506686
• ISBN-10: 1567506682
• Artikelnr.: 21457973

Autorenporträt

THOMAS A. MORIARTY teaches rhetoric and writing at Salisbury University in Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Rhetoric and Conflict in Apartheid South Africa South Africa's
Rhetoric of Violent Conflict Rhetorical Change Rhetoric and Negotiations
for a New South Africa Talking About Talks Negotiations, Civil Wars, and a
Revolution by Force. . . . Almost A Glorious Human Achievement South Africa
and the Prospect for Civic Discourse in the Third Millennium References