The morality of spin
Subtitle: virtue and vice in political rhetoric and the Christian right
By: Nathaniel J. Klemp
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781442210523; 9781442210547
Subjects: Rhetoric; Christians; Deliberative democracy; Political activity; Persuasion (Rhetoric); Focus on the Family (Organization); Manipulative behavior; Communication in politics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Deliberative democracy and political rhetoric: Rawls and Habermas on rhetoric's moral status; title: When rhetoric turns manipulative: disentangling persuasion and manipulation; title: From theoretical to actual manipulation: the Christian right's two tiered rhetoric; title: Contextualizing rhetoric: from contestatory to one-sided information spaces; title: Counter cultural Christian enclaves: Focus on the Family's anti-contestatory practices; title: Conclusion.