Legal and Rhetorical Foundations of Economic Globalization - An Atlas of Ritual Sacrifice in Late-Capitalism

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Interdisciplinary Historical Overview
3. Rhetorical Invention of Laws of Sacrifice
4. David and Goliath
5. Messianic Rhetoric of Apartheid
6. Conclusions and Looking Forward

About the author

Dr Keren Wang is a rhetorical theorist and political communication scholar. He currently teaches rhetoric and message analysis in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. His published academic works cover topics such as transnational rhetorics, social change, rhetorics of law, human rights discourse, and political legitimacy.

Summary

This book examines the subtle ways in which rhetorics of sacrifice have been re-appropriated into the workings of the global political economy in the 21st Century.

Product details

• Authors: Keren Wang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367188405
• ISBN: 978-0-367-18840-5
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Globalization: Law and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, LAW / International, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, LAW / Jurisprudence, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, LAW / Government / General, Economic theory & philosophy, International Economics, Political Economy, Public International Law, International Trade, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade, Economic theory and philosophy