Building a Social Democracy

The Promise of Rhetorical Pragmatism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Building a Social Democracy offers an alternative intellectual history of American pragmatism, one that tries to reclaim the middle of the twentieth century in order to push neo-pragmatism beyond its philosophical limitations. Danisch argues that the major entailment of the invention of American pragmatism at the beginning of the twentieth century is that rhetorical practices are the rightful object of study and means of improving democratic life. Pragmatism entails a commitment to rhetoric. Rhetorical pragmatism is intended to be more faithful to the project of first generation pragmatism, to offer insight into the ways in which rhetoric operates in contemporary democratic cultures, to recommend practices, methods, and modes of action for improving contemporary democratic cultures, and to subordinate philosophy to rhetoric by reimagining appropriate ways for pragmatist scholarship and social research to advance.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-11-06
Mått160 x 236 x 30 mm
Vikt635 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor342
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498517775

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Chapter One: Richard Rorty and the Limits of the Linguistic TurnChapter Two: Stanley Fish and the Limits of Anti-Foundationalism Chapter Three: Cornel West and the Quest for Deep DemocracyChapter Four: Richard McKeon’s Philosophy of RhetoricChapter Five: Hugh Duncan’s Sociology of Rhetoric and Kenneth Burke’s Rhetoric of IdentificationChapter Six: Social Democracy, Deliberative Ecologies, and Rhetorical Structures Chapter Seven: Artistry, Inquiry, and Rhetorical CitizenshipChapter Eight: Pluralism, Prudence, and Rhetorical Leadership

In this accessible yet learned study, Robert Danisch provides a stimulating account of the relationship—in theory and, he hopes, in practice—between the traditions of rhetoric and pragmatism and the flourishing of a democratic public conversation marked by inclusive participation and social hope. Beginning with a distinction between philosophical and rhetorical pragmatism, Danisch offers acute analyses of the major figures in pragmatist thought and shows how by remaining largely on the level of theory, several of them (including me) block the realization of the political/social program implicit in the writings of Dewey and James. A must read for students of rhetoric and American philosophy.