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Radicalizing Civility: How to Save Democracy One Conversation at a Time is a much-needed communication-based antidote to polarization, preparing students, researchers, and community leaders to be responsible participants in today's society.
About the author
Robert Danisch is Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of three monographs and a popular book on communication practices and the host of the communication skills podcast "Now We're Talking." His work has appeared in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Rhetoric Review, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Social Epistemology, Public Understanding of Science, and Southern Communication Journal. He teaches courses in Communication Ethics, Speech Writing, Persuasion, Small Group Communication, and Public Communication.
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. His current research focuses on the role of rhetoric and communication in public deliberation, with a focus on the intellectual and pedagogical history of the speech communication field.
Summary
Radicalizing Civility: How to Save Democracy One Conversation at a Time is a much-needed communication-based antidote to polarization, preparing students, researchers, and community leaders to be responsible participants in today’s society.
