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The morality of spin : virtue and vice in political rhetoric and the Christian right
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The morality of spin : virtue and vice in political rhetoric and the Christian right / Nathaniel J. Klemp.
ISBN
9781442210523 (cloth : alk. paper)
1442210524 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442210547 (electronic)
1442210540 (electronic)
Published
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.
Physical Description
x, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 30, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Deliberative democracy and political rhetoric: Rawls and Habermas on rhetoric's moral status
When rhetoric turns manipulative: disentangling persuasion and manipulation
From theoretical to actual manipulation: the Christian right's two tiered rhetoric
Contextualizing rhetoric: from contestatory to one-sided information spaces
Counter cultural Christian enclaves: Focus on the Family's anti-contestatory practices
Conclusion.
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