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