The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in AmericaNYU Press, 1999 M09 1 - 292 páginas 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. |
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... ethos presented to his auditors. Charisma, we are reminded, is only validated when recognized; it is a social phenomenon." And if the recognition of charisma depends on recognition of the quality of the birth, the calling, only in the ...
... ethos is a kind of legend. The prophetic life as presented by the prophet and his disciples becomes its own rhetoric, and it must be judged according to the example it presents, not according to its motive, which we can never know with ...
... ethos, “an occasion for the public revelation of a private self. Such a private self would then be judged by private rather than public virtues: prudence, temperance, self-control, honesty, and, most problematically, sincerity.” On the ...
... ethos and pathos as Fliegelman suggests, but also logos. Indeed the whole purpose of sacred discourse is truth; all else is merely vehicle. In speaking on behalf of what they saw assacred principle, the Revolutionaries called upon rich ...
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Wendell Phillips and | 61 |
The Passion | 85 |
The Word in Darkness III | 111 |
Joe McCarthys Rhetoric | 128 |
The Romantic Vision | 151 |
IO The Seraph and the Snake | 199 |
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Index | 269 |
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The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America James Darsey Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |