The politics of sacred rhetoric : absolutist appeals and political persuasion /

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Revealing what lies behind much contemporary political rhetoric, Morgan Marietta shows that the language of America's most prominent leaders often relies on deep, even sacred, ideals. Comprehensively and in great detail surveying the rhetorical inventions employed in influential social movement...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Marietta, Morgan
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, ©2012.
Collection:Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 12.
Sujets:
Rhetoric > Religious aspects.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States.
Ethical absolutism > Political aspects > United States.
Religion and politics > United States.
Rhétorique > Aspect religieux.
Discours politique > États-Unis.
Absolutisme (Morale) > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Religion et politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Religion and politics
Rhetoric > Political aspects
Rhetoric > Religious aspects
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Sacred rhetoric in American politics
  • Values and value conflict, sacred values, and sacred rhetoric
  • The reasoning effect: sacred rhetoric and deliberation
  • The activation effect: sacred rhetoric and participation
  • "From my cold, dead hands": sacred rhetoric and social movements
  • The absolutist advantage: sacred rhetoric in the Bush era
  • Sacred rhetoric from Carter to Clinton: the 1976-1996 presidential debates
  • Sacred rhetoric, the 2008 campaigns, and the Democratic Party
  • Conclusion: "a cure for thought and the diseases it breeds."

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