An edition of The rhetorical surface of democracy
(2012)
The rhetorical surface of democracy
how deliberative ideals undermine democratic politics
by Scott Welsh
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"The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy: How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics, by Scott Welsh, disputes the idea that democracy has anything to do with public deliberation in pursuit of collective judgment. Welsh argues, rather, that the impossibility of any kind of public judgment is the fact that democracy must face. Given the impossibility of public judgment, rhetorical competitions for political power are not merely poor substitutes for an allegedly more authentic democratic practice but constitute the essence of democracy itself"--
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Speech, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Democracy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Rhetoric, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Public Speaking, Political participation| Edition | Availability |
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The rhetorical surface of democracy: how deliberative ideals undermine democratic politics
2012, Lexington Books
in English
0739150626 9780739150627
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction. The Cure for What Ails You
Chapter 1. Taking Politics out of Rhetoric
Chapter 2. Coming to Terms with Rhetoric
Chapter 3. Democratic Ends
Chapter 4. Truth Against Judgment
Chapter 5. Between Rhetorical Reflection and Political Agency
Conclusion. Democracy at the Edge of the Abyss .
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