Kahn, Seth; JongHwa Lee (Eds.)

Activism and rhetoric: Theories and contexts for political engagement

2011

New York: Routledge

activism, rhetoric, public sphere, institutional, critique, Marxism, feminism, labor, media, pedagogy, service-learning, student-engagement

This volume examines the role of rhetoric in today's culture of democratic activism. The volume takes on two of the most significant challenges currently facing contemporary rhetorical studies: (1) the contested meanings and practices of democracy and civic engagement in global context, and (2) the central role of rhetoric in democratic activist practices. In presenting a variety of political and rhetorical struggles in their specific contexts, editors Seth Kahn and JongHwa Lee allow contributors to reflect on and elaborate possibilities for both activist approaches to rhetorical studies, and rhetorical approaches to activist projects, facilitating better understanding the socio-political consequences of this work. [publisher's blurb]