Nathaniel J. Klemp

The Morality of Spin (eBook, ePUB)

Virtue and Vice in Political Rhetoric and the Christian Right

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Morality of Spin explores the ethics of political rhetoric crafted to persuade and possibly manipulate potential voters. Based on extensive insider interviews with leaders of Focus on the Family, one of the most powerful Christian right organizations in America, Nathaniel Klemp asks whether the tactic of tailoring a message to a particular audience is politically legitimate or amounts to democratic malpractice. Klemp's nuanced assessment, highlighting both democratic vices and virtues of the political rhetoric, provides a welcome contribution to recent scholarship on deliberative democracy, rhetoric, and the growing empirical literature on the American Christian right.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442210547
• Artikelnr.: 38442883

Autorenporträt

Nathaniel J. Klemp is an assistant professor of political science and philosophy at Pepperdine University. Klemp is also the founder of LifeBeyondLogic.com, a social media-based blog on practical philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Abstract
Introduction
PART 1: Existing Accounts
Chapter 1: Deliberative Democracy and Political Rhetoric: Rawls and
Habermas on Rhetoric's Moral Status
PART 2: The Moral Qualities of Rhetorical Speech
Chapter 2: When Rhetoric Turns Manipulative: Disentangling Persuasion and
Manipulation
Chapter 3: From Theoretical to Actual Manipulation: The Christian Right's
Two Tiered Rhetoric
PART 3: The Moral Qualities of Rhetorical Context
Chapter 4: Contextualizing Rhetoric: From Contestatory to One-Sided
Information Spaces
Chapter 5: Counter Cultural Christian Enclaves: Focus on the Family's
Anti-Contestatory Practices
Conclusion