In Defense of Partisan Criticism
Communication Studies, Law, and Social Analysis
©2005
Textbook
XVIII,
294 Pages
Series:
Frontiers in Political Communication, Volume 7
Summary
In Defense of Partisan Criticism is a far-reaching exploration of the legal, philosophical, and rhetorical basis for understanding social justice in the United States. Through a thoughtful investigation of key political, social, and legal events in the history of the United States, Omar Swartz develops a compelling argument for engaged political scholarship by American academics, and offers readers a critical understanding of the place of race and class in American cultural history. Central to this understanding is an awareness of the «communication imagination» – the power of citizens to name the constraints placed upon them by U.S. political and legal institutions and to counter those constraints with narratives constructing a more socially just society based upon a wider sense of human identification and partisan engagement than is currently practiced in the normative U.S. public sphere.
Details
- Pages
- XVIII, 294
- Publication Year
- 2005
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9780820469409
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Politik Kommunikation Soziales Handeln Social Justice Partisan Racism Criticism American Legal History
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2005. XVIII, 294 pp.
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