Title: Communicative engagement and social liberation : justice will be made /
Authors: Arneson, Pat, 1961-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Women social reformers United States History.; Communication in politics United States History.; Communication in social action United States History.; Social change United States History.; Rhetoric United States History.
Abstract: Communicative Engagement and Social Liberation: Justice Will Be Made recognizes limitations in contemporary understandings that separate history and rhetoric. Drawing together ontological and epistemic perspectives to allow for a fuller appreciation of communication in shaping lived-experience, facets of the two academic subjects are united in acts of communicative engagement.
Contents: Introduction: "Changing the conversation" -- Anchored in the life-world and moored to social worlds -- Communicative engagement: the reasoning art of Theōria-Poíēsis-Praxis -- Liberating possibilities in communicative engagement -- Communicative engagement: the ethical demand for a fitting response -- Myrtilla Miner: advocate for the right to education -- Mary White Ovington: advocate for civil and political rights -- Jessie Daniel Ames: advocate for even justice in the right to legal protection -- Seeking social liberation -- Communicative engagement and social liberation.