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1 online resource (294 pages) |
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| Contents |
Preface; 1 Radical Rhetoric and American Community : Threnody for Sophrosyne; Part I; 2 Old Testament Prophecy as Radical Ursprach; 3 Prophecy as Sacred Truth : Self-Evidence and Righteousness inthe American Revolution; 4 Prophecy as Krisis : Wendell Phillips and the Sin of Slavery; 5 The Prophet's Call andHis Burden : The Passion of Eugene V. Debs; Part II; 6 The Word in Darkness; 7 A Vision of the Apocalypse : Joe McCarthy's Rhetoric of the Fantastic; 8 Prophecy as Poetry : The Romantic Vision of Robert Welch; 9 Secular Argument and the Language of Commodity : Gay Liberation and Merely Civil Rights; 10 The Seraph and the Snake. |
| Summary |
This expansive volume traces the rhetoric of reform across American history, examining such pivotal periods as the American Revolution, slavery, McCarthyism, and today's gay liberation movement. At a time when social movements led by religious leaders, from Louis Farrakhan to Pat Buchanan, are playing a central role in American politics, James Darsey connects this radical tradition with its prophetic roots. Public discourse in the West is derived from the Greek principles of civility, diplomacy, compromise, and negotiation. On this model, radical speech is often taken to be a sympton of social. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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Social problems -- United States.
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Social problems. |
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United States. |
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Prophecy -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Prophecy -- Social aspects. |
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Prophecy. |
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Radicalism -- United States.
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Radicalism. |
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Rhetoric -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Rhetoric -- Social aspects. |
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Rhetoric. |
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English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
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English language. |
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Political oratory -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Political oratory -- Social aspects. |
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Political oratory. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020.
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Since 1980 |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Darsey, James. Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America. New York : NYU Press, ©1997 9780814718766 |
| ISBN |
9780814720981 (electronic book) |
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0814720986 (electronic book) |
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