Culture, Catastrophe, and Rhetoric: The Texture of Political Action
Robert Hariman (Ed.)
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Hardback. This volume explores political culture, especially the catastrophic dimension of the global social order emerging in the twenty-first century. An array of case studies provide an account of how change is experienced, negotiated, and resisted in specific settings that define a society's capacity for political action. Editor(s): Hariman, Robert; Cintron, Ralph. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
By emphasizing the texture of political action, this volume explores political culture, especially the catastrophic dimension of the global social order emerging in the twenty-first century. The focus on texture identifies how social context is evident on the surface of an event, in order to analyze the performative dimension of political experience. The attention to catastrophe focuses on how ordinary people are contending with normal system operation becoming indistinguishable from system breakdown. An array of case studies provides an account of how change is experienced, negotiated, and resisted in specific settings that define a society's capacity for political action.
By emphasizing the texture of political action, this volume explores political culture, especially the catastrophic dimension of the global social order emerging in the twenty-first century. The focus on texture identifies how social context is evident on the surface of an event, in order to analyze the performative dimension of political experience. The attention to catastrophe focuses on how ordinary people are contending with normal system operation becoming indistinguishable from system breakdown. An array of case studies provides an account of how change is experienced, negotiated, and resisted in specific settings that define a society's capacity for political action.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Rhetoric and Culture
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782387466
SKU
V9781782387466
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99-15
About Robert Hariman (Ed.)
Robert Hariman is Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of Political Style: The Artistry of Power and, with John Louis Lucaites, of No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy. Ralph Cintron has a joint appointment in the Departments of English and Latin American and Latino Studies at University ... Read more
Reviews for Culture, Catastrophe, and Rhetoric: The Texture of Political Action
... an excellent collection and a fitting contribution to both the Rhetoric + Culture series and to the field as a whole... The range and inventiveness of methodological innovations in the volume is one of its primary strengths.
Michael Kaplan, Baruch College, City University of New York This is a splendid collection, coherent and ... Read more
Michael Kaplan, Baruch College, City University of New York This is a splendid collection, coherent and ... Read more