The prophetic tradition and radical rhetoric in America /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Darsey, James Francis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©1997.
Subjects:
1980-2020
Political oratory > Social aspects > United States.
Rhetoric > Social aspects > United States.
Radicalism > United States.
Prophecy > Social aspects > United States.
Social problems > United States.
Éloquence politique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Rhétorique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Radicalisme > États-Unis.
Prophétie > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Problèmes sociaux > États-Unis.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Public Speaking.
Political oratory > Social aspects.
Prophecy > Social aspects.
Radicalism.
Rhetoric > Social aspects.
Social conditions
Social problems.
Retorica.
Profetieën.
Radicalisme.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1980-
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Radical rhetoric and American community : threnody for Sophrosyne
  • Old Testament prophecy as radical ursprach
  • Prophecy as sacred truth : self-evidence and righteousness in the American Revolution
  • Prophecy as krisis : Wendell Phillips and the sin of slavery
  • The prophet's call and his burden : the passion of Eugene V. Debs
  • The word in darkness
  • A vision of the apocalypse : Joe McCarthy's rhetoric of the fantastic
  • Prophecy as poetry : the romantic vision of Robert Welch
  • Secular argument and the language of commondity: gay liberation and merely civil rights
  • The seraph and the snake.

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