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Author Darsey, James.

Title The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America.

Imprint New York : NYU Press, 1997.
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Description 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 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.
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.
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-267) and index.
Language English.
Subject 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.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020.
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 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Chronological Term 1980-2020
Other Form: Print version: Darsey, James. Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America. New York : NYU Press, ©1997 9780814718766
ISBN 9780814720981 (electronic bk.)
0814720986 (electronic bk.)
0585239800
9780585239804
Standard No. 10.18574/9780814720981 doi
AU@ 000055805158
GBVCP 1008656909

 
    
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