An African Athens - Rhetoric and the Shaping of Democracy in South Africa

This volume analyzes how public rhetoric, argumentation, and discourse led to the successful change in government in South Africa. Intended for scholars and students in rhetoric, speech, political communication, persuasion, and related areas.

List of contents

Contents: C. Bazerman, Series Editor's Foreword. Preface. Desmond Tutu: The Oratorical Link. "So to Speak": The Rhetoric of Mandela. The Two Rhetorics of the Presidency. Democratic Deliberations. Reconciliation and Rhetoric. The "True Colours" of Popular Deliberation. The Rhetorical Cosmetics of Peace. Space as Democratic Deliberation. Conclusion: Robben Island as Foundation Rhetoric. Appendices.

About the author

Philippe-Joseph Salazar

Summary

An African Athens offers an analysis of a new ecology of rhetoric--the reshaping of a nation into a democracy through rhetorical means. Author Philippe-Joseph Salazar provides a general view of issues as they have taken shape in the apartheid and post-apartheid South African experience, presenting the country as a remarkable stage for playing out the great themes of public deliberation and the rise of postmodern rhetorical democracy. Salazar's intimate vantage point focuses on the striking case of a democracy won at the negotiating table and also won every day in public deliberation.

This volume presents a full-scale rhetorical analysis of a democratic transformation in post-Cold War era, and provides a study of the demise of apartheid and post-apartheid from the standpoint of political and public rhetoric and communication. In doing so, it serves as a template for similar enquiries in the rhetorical study of emerging democracies.

Intended for readers engaged in the study of political and public rhetoric with an interest in how democracy takes shape, An African Athens highlights South Africa as a test case for global democracy, for rhetoric, and for the relevance of rhetoric studies in a postmodern democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Philippe-Joseph Salazar, Salazar Philippe-Joseph
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2002
• EAN: 9780805833416
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3341-6
• No. of pages: 246
• Weight: 620 g
• Series: Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Republic of South Africa, Political structures: democracy, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc