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Vernacular Voices

The Rhetoric of Publics and Public Spheres

By: Gerard A. Hauser

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Vernacular Voices

The Rhetoric of Publics and Public Spheres

By: Gerard A. Hauser

An award-winning study of how formal and informal public discourse shapes opinions A foundational text of twenty-first-century rhetorical studies, Vernacular Voices addresses the role of citizen voices in steering a democracy through an examination of the rhetoric of publics. Gerard A. Hauser maintains that the interaction between everyday and official discourse discloses how active members of a complex society discover and clarify their shared interests and engage in exchanges that shape their opinions on issues of common interest. In the two decades since Vernacular Voices was first published, much has changed: in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US presidents have increasingly taken unilateral power to act; the internet and new media have blossomed; and globalization has raised challenges to the autonomy of nation states. In a new preface, Hauser shows how, in an era of shared, global crises, we understand publics, how public spheres form and function, and the possibilities for vernacular expressions of public opinion lie at the core of lived democracy. A foreword is provided by Phaedra C. Pezzullo, associate professor of communication at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Prisoners of Conscience

Moral Vernaculars of Political Agency

By: Gerard A. Hauser

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Prisoners of Conscience

Moral Vernaculars of Political Agency

By: Gerard A. Hauser

Prisoners of Conscience continues the work begun by Gerard A. Hauser in Vernacular Voices: The Rhetoric of Publics and Public Spheres, winner of the National Communication Association's Hochmuth Nichols Award. In his new book, Hauser examines the discourse of political prisoners, specifically the discourse of prisoners of conscience, as a form of rhetoric in which the vernacular is the main source of available appeals and the foundation for political agency. Hauser explores how modes of resistance employed by these prisoners constitute what he deems a "thick moral vernacular" rhetoric of human rights. Hauser's work considers in part how these prisoners convert universal commitments to human dignity, agency, and voice into the moral vernacular of the society and culture to which their rhetoric is addressed. Hauser grounds his study through a series of case studies, each centered on a different rhetorical mechanism brought to bear in the act of resistance. Through a transnational rhetorical analysis of resistance within political prisons, Hauser brings to bear his skills as a rhetorical theorist and critic to illuminate the rhetorical power of resistance as tied to core questions in contemporary humanistic scholarship and public concern.

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Vernacular Voices

The Rhetoric of Publics and Public Spheres

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The Rhetoric of Publics and Public Spheres

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Introduction to Rhetorical Theory

Second Edition

By: Gerard A. Hauser

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Introduction to Rhetorical Theory

Second Edition

By: Gerard A. Hauser

In this highly accessible new edition, Hauser systematically provides a humanistic account of what transpires when people communicate for some purpose. His masterful blend of classical and contemporary thinking about the use of language and the value of symbolic inducements for social cooperation illuminates fundamental rhetorical precepts and their implications for shaping human realities. The new chapter on publics theory complements the four chapters that introduce the broad themes and issues essential for a rhetorical approach to communication. The new chapter on narrative theory bridges the four chapters devoted to the content of rhetoric and the concluding chapters that emphasize symbolic processes by which humans induce social cooperation and constitute social reality. Throughout the text, Hauser skillfully underscores the power of language to present a particular reality. He explores the fundamental relationship between public discourse and judgment, helping students understand the core of rhetorics civic function. Through relevant, current examples, he illustrates how knowledge and power shape our social and political practices and how both are formed through discourse.

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Waveland Press

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1478608943

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Prisoners of Conscience

Moral Vernaculars of Political Agency

By: Gerard A. Hauser

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Moral Vernaculars of Political Agency

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St. Augustine's Interpretaion of the Psalms of Ascent

By: Gerard McLarney

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St. Augustine's Interpretaion of the Psalms of Ascent

By: Gerard McLarney

Recent research has explored how past interpretation can help contextualize current interpretation as well as provide a more colorful and theologically meaningful understanding of scripture. In St. Augustine's Interpretation of the Psalms of Ascent, Gerald McLarney examines Augustine of Hippo's (d. 430) interpretation of the ascent motif in sermons on Psalms 119-133. He looks at the delivery, transmission, and broader context of the sermons, as well as examining the sermons as they stand.

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CUA Press

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0813227038

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Introduction to Rhetorical Theory

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By: Gerard A. Hauser

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Vernacular Voices

Vernacular Voices

Prisoners of Conscience

Prisoners of Conscience

Vernacular Voices

Vernacular Voices

Introduction to Rhetorical Theory

Introduction to Rhetorical Theory

Prisoners of Conscience

Prisoners of Conscience

St. Augustine's Interpretaion of the Psalms of Ascent

St. Augustine's Interpretaion of the Psalms of Ascent

Introduction to Rhetorical Theory

Introduction to Rhetorical Theory

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