The Morality of Spin: Virtue and Vice in Political Rhetoric and the Christian Right
Autor Nathaniel J. Klempen Limba Engleză Hardback – mar 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781442210523
ISBN-10: 1442210524
Pagini: 210
Dimensiuni: 160 x 240 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1442210524
Pagini: 210
Dimensiuni: 160 x 240 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Abstract
Introduction
PART 1: Existing Accounts
Chapter 1: Deliberative Democracy and Political Rhetoric: Rawls and Habermas on Rhetoric's Moral Status
PART 2: The Moral Qualities of Rhetorical Speech
Chapter 2: When Rhetoric Turns Manipulative: Disentangling Persuasion and Manipulation
Chapter 3: From Theoretical to Actual Manipulation: The Christian Right's Two Tiered Rhetoric
PART 3: The Moral Qualities of Rhetorical Context
Chapter 4: Contextualizing Rhetoric: From Contestatory to One-Sided Information Spaces
Chapter 5: Counter Cultural Christian Enclaves: Focus on the Family's Anti-Contestatory Practices
Conclusion
Introduction
PART 1: Existing Accounts
Chapter 1: Deliberative Democracy and Political Rhetoric: Rawls and Habermas on Rhetoric's Moral Status
PART 2: The Moral Qualities of Rhetorical Speech
Chapter 2: When Rhetoric Turns Manipulative: Disentangling Persuasion and Manipulation
Chapter 3: From Theoretical to Actual Manipulation: The Christian Right's Two Tiered Rhetoric
PART 3: The Moral Qualities of Rhetorical Context
Chapter 4: Contextualizing Rhetoric: From Contestatory to One-Sided Information Spaces
Chapter 5: Counter Cultural Christian Enclaves: Focus on the Family's Anti-Contestatory Practices
Conclusion
Recenzii
Klemp (Pepperdine Univ.) examines the place of rhetoric in a free society marked by popular sovereignty. Noting that the merits of rhetoric in politics has been a hotly contested topic within the realm of political theory since the days of Plato and Aristotle, Klemp astutely points out that this very important question has received very little attention at the real-world level of actual boots-on-the-ground politics. In this work, Klemp joins these two approaches, and he does it very well. Building off the work of Plato, Aristotle, John Stuart Mill, and more heavily from the work of John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas, Klemp breaks down rhetoric into three categories--"deliberative persuasion," "strategic persuasion," and "manipulation"--and proceeds to examine the moral qualities of each of these categories. After establishing his theoretical foundations, Klemp moves into real-world politics and examines the implications of the various types of rhetoric in different contextual environments using case studies of three Christian Right groups. This is a very strong piece of work. Summing Up: Highly recommended.
Is it ethical for political operatives to say almost anything, no matter how outrageous, to get their way? What if those political operatives are religious groups that claim to be guided by biblical principles? The Morality of Spin moves beyond the usual news cycle discussion of such questions to give us an in-depth inquiry into the ethics of political discourse. I am especially impressed by the book's rich understanding of democratic political theory as well as its close attention to the language of argumentation.
This sorely-needed analysis of the political practice of "spin" derives new conceptual distinctions from real-world practice. The engagingly written cases illustrate why straightforward persuasion is good, strategic persuasion neither good nor bad, and manipulative persuasion condemnable. Klemp breaks fresh analytic ground with an innovative definition of manipulation as the intent to undermine another's capacity to choose. An important book for any deliberative theorist or any citizen concerned with the uses and misuses of rhetoric in today's politics.
Is it ethical for political operatives to say almost anything, no matter how outrageous, to get their way? What if those political operatives are religious groups that claim to be guided by biblical principles? The Morality of Spin moves beyond the usual news cycle discussion of such questions to give us an in-depth inquiry into the ethics of political discourse. I am especially impressed by the book's rich understanding of democratic political theory as well as its close attention to the language of argumentation.
This sorely-needed analysis of the political practice of "spin" derives new conceptual distinctions from real-world practice. The engagingly written cases illustrate why straightforward persuasion is good, strategic persuasion neither good nor bad, and manipulative persuasion condemnable. Klemp breaks fresh analytic ground with an innovative definition of manipulation as the intent to undermine another's capacity to choose. An important book for any deliberative theorist or any citizen concerned with the uses and misuses of rhetoric in today's politics.