Democratic Orators from JFK to Barack Obama
Andrew Scott Crines (Ed.)
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Description for Democratic Orators from JFK to Barack Obama
Paperback. This book examines the oratorical and rhetorical styles of leading figure in Democratic Party politics since the 1960s. It reveals how leading orators strove to connect their message with a variety of audiences from the Senate to the media. Editor(s): Lehrman, Robert; Thody, Philip; Crines, Andrew Scott; Moon, David S. Series: Rhetoric, Politics and Society. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
How do leading Democratic Party figures strive to communicate with and influence their audience? Why have some proven more successful than others in advancing their ideological arguments? How do orators seek to connect with different audiences in different settings such as the Senate, conventions and through the media? This thoroughly researched and highly readable collection comprehensively evaluates these questions as well as providing an extensive interrogation of the political and intellectual significance of oratory and rhetoric in the Democratic Party. Using the Aristotelian modes of persuasion ethos, pathos and logos it draws out commonalties and differences in how the rhetoric ... Read more
How do leading Democratic Party figures strive to communicate with and influence their audience? Why have some proven more successful than others in advancing their ideological arguments? How do orators seek to connect with different audiences in different settings such as the Senate, conventions and through the media? This thoroughly researched and highly readable collection comprehensively evaluates these questions as well as providing an extensive interrogation of the political and intellectual significance of oratory and rhetoric in the Democratic Party. Using the Aristotelian modes of persuasion ethos, pathos and logos it draws out commonalties and differences in how the rhetoric ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Rhetoric, Politics and Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
313
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349558186
SKU
V9781349558186
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99-15
About Andrew Scott Crines (Ed.)
Andrew S. Crines is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liverpool and is co-editor of two volumes entitled Labour Orators from Bevan to Miliband and Conservative Orators from Baldwin to Cameron. He has published widely in leading national and international journals including Politics and Religion, Global Discourse, and Political Quarterly. He tweets at @AndrewCrines. David S. ... Read more
Reviews for Democratic Orators from JFK to Barack Obama
Once a celebrated art, oratory is now more likely to be discussed as a lost or declining one. Yet as this volume demonstrates, oratorical skill remains a powerful tool for any politician. This illuminating collection examining orators in the Democratic Party will be a must read for students and scholars of politics and communication.' - Richard Hayton, University of Leeds, ... Read more