In Defense of Partisan Criticism

Communication Studies, Law, and Social Analysis

von Omar Swartz

294 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In Defense of Partisan Criticism is a far-reaching exploration of the legal, philosophical, and rhetorical basis for understanding social justice in the United States. Through a thoughtful investigation of key political, social, and legal events in the history of the United States, Omar Swartz develops a compelling argument for engaged political scholarship by American academics, and offers readers a critical understanding of the place of race and class in American cultural history. Central to this understanding is an awareness of the «communication imagination» – the power of citizens to name the constraints placed upon them by U.S. political and legal institutions and to counter those constraints with narratives constructing a more socially just society based upon a wider sense of human identification and partisan engagement than is currently practiced in the normative U.S. public sphere.

• Reihe: Frontiers in Political Communication
• Themen: Lexika Interdisziplinäre Studien Kommunikationswissenschaft
• ISBN: 9780820469409
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.09.2005
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York