The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America.

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Author / Creator:	Darsey, James.
Imprint:	New York : NYU Press, 1997.
Description:	1 online resource (294 pages)
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. English language -- Rhetoric. Political oratory -- Social aspects. Prophecy -- Social aspects. Radicalism. Rhetoric -- Social aspects. Social conditions Social problems. United States -- Social conditions -- 1980- United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11396873

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ISBN:	9780814720981 0814720986
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Darsey, James. Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America. New York : NYU Press, ©1997 9780814718766

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