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
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 1997.
Subjects:
1980-2020
Social problems > United States.
Prophecy > Social aspects > United States.
Radicalism > United States.
Rhetoric > Social aspects > United States.
English language > United States > Rhetoric.
Political oratory > Social aspects > United States.
Problèmes sociaux > États-Unis.
Prophétie > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Radicalisme > États-Unis.
Rhétorique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Rhétorique.
Éloquence politique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
RELIGION > History.
English language > Rhetoric.
Political oratory > Social aspects.
Prophecy > Social aspects.
Radicalism.
Rhetoric > Social aspects.
Social conditions
Social problems.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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 and His 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.

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