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The Symbolic Uses of Politics

By: Murray Jacob Edelman

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The symbolic manifestations, purposes, and uses of politics are revealed in this provocative analysis of the institution of politics and man as a political animal. Unlike the conventional study of politics that deals with how people get the things they want through government, this book concentrates on how politics influence what they want, what they fear, and what they regard as possible. In examining politics as a symbolic form, it looks at man and politics as reflections of each other.''Written with clarity and preciseness uncommon in the social sciences, . . . The Symbolic Uses of Politics is a classic statement of a theme whose importance is inescapable.''--The Activist ''This is a truly social-psychological study of politics, done in an unconventional, imaginative, and appealing style.''--Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

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University of Illinois Press

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025201202X

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9780252012020

Constructing the Political Spectacle

By: Murray Jacob Edelman

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Constructing the Political Spectacle

By: Murray Jacob Edelman

Thanks to the ready availability of political news today, informed citizens can protect and promote their own interests and the public interest more effectively. Or can they? Murray Edelman argues against this conventional interpretation of politics, one that takes for granted that we live in a world of facts and that people react rationally to the facts they know. In doing so, he explores in detail the ways in which the conspicuous aspects of the political scene are interpretations that systematically buttress established inequalities and interpretations already dominant political ideologies.

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press

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0226183971

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9780226183978

The Symbolic Uses of Politics

By: Murray Jacob Edelman

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Political Language

Words That Succeed and Policies That Fail

By: Murray Edelman

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Political Language

Words That Succeed and Policies That Fail

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Political Language: Words That Succeed and Policies That Fail deals with chronic inequalities of a smaller portion of the population getting more. The book discusses the persistence of poverty and greater inequalities in a democratic society such as the United States. The text reviews the chronic problems and the various beliefs found in American society, and also notes the general acceptance of the large differences in the quality of life of the people, which includes political power and autonomy. The book then defines perception of the political spectator and explains the linguistic generation of assumptions (taking for granted), linguistic reconstruction of facts (cover-ups), and the linguistic segmentation of politics (distinct from ordinary world). The text then emphasizes the language of inquiry, of authority, of participation, and of resistance as leading to free inquiry and experimentation or political loyalty. The selection can prove beneficial for political students, economists, educators, sociologists, and members of ministerial affairs related to population and economics.

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Elsevier

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1483269809

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9781483269801

The Politics of Misinformation

By: Murray Edelman

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The Politics of Misinformation

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This book is about how people in power use language to generate and perpetuate misunderstandings.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521805104

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9780521805100

From Art to Politics

How Artistic Creations Shape Political Conceptions

By: Murray Edelman

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From Art to Politics

How Artistic Creations Shape Political Conceptions

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Murray Edelman holds a unique and distinguished position in American political science. For decades one of the few serious scholars to question dominant rational-choice interpretations of politics, Edelman looked instead to the powerful influence of signs, spectacles, and symbols—of culture—on political behavior and political institutions. His first, now classic, book, The Symbolic Uses of Politics, created paths of inquiry in political science, communication studies, and sociology that are still being explored today. In this book, Edelman continues his quest to understand the influence of perception on the political process by turning to the role of art. He argues that political ideas, language, and actions cannot help but be based upon the images and narratives we take from literature, paintings, film, television, and other genres. Edelman believes art provides us with models, scenarios, narratives, and images we draw upon in order to make sense of political events, and he explores the different ways art can shape political perceptions and actions to both promote and inhibit diversity and democracy. "Elegantly written. . . . He brilliantly contends that art helps create the images from which opinion-molders and citizens construct the social realities of politics."—Choice "It is perhaps the freshness with which he puts his case that is what makes From Art to Politics, as well as his other works, so challenging and invigorating."—Philip Abbott, Review of Politics

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0226184013

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From Art to Politics

How Artistic Creations Shape Political Conceptions

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How Artistic Creations Shape Political Conceptions

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Politics as Symbolic Action

Mass Arousal and Quiescence

By: Murray Edelman

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Politics as Symbolic Action

Mass Arousal and Quiescence

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Politics as Symbolic Action: Mass Arousal and Quiescence deals with the dynamics of development of political threats related to political behavior. The book discusses the conditions under which the dynamics related to political behavior are the prior causes of political arousal, violence, and quiescence. The text examines the influence of governmental activity on people's beliefs and perceptions—how non-empirical cognitions become the resistant basis of change. The text also examines how the individual phenomenon and the group phenomenon become linked through symbol formation and myths. The book discusses emotion as a catalyst of political ritual and political violence as inferred from Theodore Sarbin's role theory. The use of metaphors, language forms, and mass tensions can all be social-psychological and political processes that can lead to political arousal or quiescence. The book also explains major violent disturbances as having patterns reflective of organization, disorganization, or by leadership example; the book notes the popular notion that the organization or the leader's direction starts or worsens the violence as very simplistic. The book then proposes that political perceptions and beliefs are changeable and that phenomenological perceptions of specific groups of people can identify which political behavior are systematic. The text is suitable for political analysts, political scientists, sociologists, and educators involved in group psychology and analyses.

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1483269906

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The Symbolic Uses of Politics

The Symbolic Uses of Politics

Constructing the Political Spectacle

Constructing the Political Spectacle

The Symbolic Uses of Politics

The Symbolic Uses of Politics

Political Language

Political Language

The Politics of Misinformation

The Politics of Misinformation

From Art to Politics

From Art to Politics

From Art to Politics

From Art to Politics

Politics as Symbolic Action

Politics as Symbolic Action

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