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Ecospeak: Rhetoric and Environmental Politics in America
Southern Illinois University Press, 1991 Paper: 978-0-8093-3145-1 | Cloth: 978-0-8093-1750-9 | eISBN: 978-0-8093-8097-8 Library of Congress Classification HC110.E5K5 1992 Dewey Decimal Classification 363.70560973
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
800x600Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In this book, M. Jimmie Killingsworth and Jacqueline S. Palmer have a twofold purpose: to analyze the patterns of rhetoric used in written discourse about environmental politics and to make a practical contribution to the art of rhetorical criticism through the study of rhetoric in use. The language, professional objectivity, and research programs of scientists insulate these best-informed citizens in enclaves of specialization, limiting access to crucial information and hindering effective reformative action. Science, the authors stress, is not merely a database to rely upon but a view of the world that must be broadened in order to affect social morality. Science-based activism must arise to ensure the care and future of the environment. Killingsworth and Palmer argue that for grassroots activism to be tied to this globally conscious philosophy, a rhetoric of sustainability must be cultivated. See other books on: 1945-1960 | Economic policy | Environmental policy | Environmental Politics | Political culture See other titles from Southern Illinois University Press |
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