Culture, Catastrophe, and Rhetoric

The Texture of Political Action

276 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This volume explores political culture, especially the catastrophic elements of the global social order emerging in the twenty-first century. By emphasizing the texture of political action, the book theorizes how social context becomes evident on the surface of events and analyzes the performative dimensions of political experience. The attention to catastrophe allows for an understanding of how ordinary people contend with normal system operation once it is indistinguishable from system breakdown. Through an array of case studies, the book provides an account of change as it is experienced, negotiated, and resisted in specific settings that define a society's capacity for political action.

• Reihe: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie
• ISBN: 9781789208238
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2020
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Robert Hariman, Ralph Cintron