Rights Talk
Subtitle: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse
Publisher: Free Press
Published: July 30, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780029118238
Subjects: Human rights; Political science & theory; Politics / Current Events; Political culture; Politics/International Relations; United States; Politics, Practical; Civil Procedure; History & Theory - General; Law-Civil Procedure; Political Science / General; Political Science / History & Theory; Civil rights; Political participation
First sentence: Our own ways of thinking and speaking seem so natural to us that very often it is only an emphatic outsider who can enter into our view of the world, and spot a peculiarity in it.
Description: Political speech in the United States is undergoing a crisis. Glendon's acclaimed book traces the evolution of the strident language of rights in America and shows how it has captured the nation's devotion to individualism and liberty, but omitted the American traditions of hospitality and care for the community.