Beyond Civility - The Competing Obligations of Citizenship

Examines the problem of social change in a modern, mediated democracy. Argues that civility is not simply a virtue but a functional set of tools that must be adapted to specific situations.

About the author

William Keith is Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of the award-winning Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement and coauthor of two highly regarded textbooks, The Essential Guide to Rhetoric and Public Speaking: Choices and Responsibility.
Robert Danisch is Associate Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of two monographs and a popular book on communication practices and the host of the communication skills podcast "Now We're Talking."

Summary

Examines the problem of social change in a modern, mediated democracy. Argues that civility is not simply a virtue but a functional set of tools that must be adapted to specific situations.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Danisch, Danisch Robert, William Keith
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.07.2020
• EAN: 9780271088044
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08804-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 145 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Social & political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Communication Studies, Civil rights & citizenship, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Rhetoric;Citizenship;Civility;Democracy;Deliberation;ethics