James Martin

Politics and Rhetoric

A Critical Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume aims to provide a clear and instructive introduction to the skills of the rhetorical arts. It seeks to survey critically the place of rhetoric in contemporary public life and assess its virtues as a tool of political theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780415706711
• ISBN-10: 0415706718
• Artikelnr.: 38077517

Autorenporträt

James Martin is Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Power of Persuasion 2. The Truth of Rhetoric 3. The Rhetorical
Citizen 4. Techniques I. Discovery and Arrangement 5. Techniques II. Style
and Delivery 6. Rhetorical Political Analysis 7. Democracy, Rhetoric and
the Emotions 8. Media Rhetoric: Speaking for the Public 9. Embodied Speech:
Rhetoric and the Politics of Gender