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Activism and rhetoric [electronic resource] : theories and contexts for political engagement / edited by Seth Kahn and JongHwa Lee.

Kahn, Seth.; Lee, JongHwa.
2010
JF799 .A38 2010eb
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Title
Activism and rhetoric [electronic resource] : theories and contexts for political engagement / edited by Seth Kahn and JongHwa Lee.
ISBN
9780203846285 (electronic book)
0203846281 (electronic book)
0415878551
041587856X
9780415878555
9780415878562
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New York : Routledge, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 205 pages)
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JF799 .A38 2010eb
Summary
This volume examines the role of rhetoric in today's culture of democratic activism. The volume takes on two of the most significant challenges currently facing contemporary rhetorical studies: (1) the contested meanings and practices of democracy and civic engagement in global context, and (2) the central role of rhetoric in democratic activist practices. In presenting a variety of political and rhetorical struggles in their specific contexts, editors Seth Kahn and JongHwa Lee allow contributors to reflect on and elaborate possibilities for both activist approaches to rhetorical studies, and rhetorical approaches to activist projects, facilitating better understanding the socio-political consequences of this work. With contributors from widely known scholars in communication and composition studies, the collection offers practical cases that highlight how rhetoric mediates, constitutes, and/or intervenes in democratic principles and practices. It also considers theoretical questions that acknowledge profound voids in the rhetorical tradition (e.g., Western, neo-Aristotelian, liberal) and expand the horizon of traditional rhetorical perspectives. It advocates new knowledge and practices that further promote civic engagement, social change and democracy in the global context. Activism and Rhetoric will be appropriate for scholars and students across disciplines, including rhetoric, composition, communication studies, political science, cultural studies, and women's studies.
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Introduction: Seth Kahn and JongHwa Lee
Part I: (Re)framing activism and rhetoric : how activists theorize rhetoric and vice versa. The only conceivable thing to do: reflections on academics and activism / Dana L. Cloud ; "Go back to America and let them know": reflections on activist scholarship / JongHwa Lee ; The work of a middle-class activist: stuck in history / Charles Bazerman ; Speaking truth to power: observations from experience / Lee Artz ; Gadugi: where the fire burns / Ellen Cushman ; Intervention and rhetorics of war: classical insights for contemporary activists / Melissa Dey Hassbrook
Part II: Contexts for rhetorical activism, part one : Activism in non-academic settings. A conservative pundit in liberal surroundings: an uneven odyssey / Richard E. Vatz ; The role of communism in democratic discourse: what activist rhetoricians can learn from the World Bank ; (Re)politicizing the writing process: an exhortation and a cautionary tale / Seth Kahn ; Looking for the left in Russia / Kathleen Feyh
Part III: Contexts for rhetorical activism, part two : Activism in academic institutions. Developing activist rhetorics on Israel-Palestine: resisting the depoliticization of the American Academy / Matthew Abraham ; Democracy and the academy: ethnographic articulations and interventions for social change / Paige P. Edley and Nina Maria Lozano-Reich ; Against decorous civility: acting as if you live in a democracy / M.J. Braun ; You can't get there from here: higher education, labor activism, and challenges of neoliberal globalization / Kevin Mahoney
Part IV: Contexts for rhetorical activism, part three : Activist pedagogy. Practicing democracy: an experience-based approach / Ruth E. Ray ... [et al.] ; Breaking news: armchair activists access their power / Shelley Deblasis and Teresa Grettano ; Activism in the ivory tower: finding hope for academic prose / Rebecca Jones ; Reclaiming activism for students / Amy Pason
Postscript to chapter 7 / Richard E. Vatz.

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