In Defense of Partisan Criticism Communication Studies, Law, and Social Analysis |
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Author:
| Swartz, Omar |
Series title: | Frontiers in Political Communication Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8204-6940-9 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $66.95 |
Book Description:
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In Defense of Partisan Criticism is a far-reaching exploration of the legal, philosophical, and rhetorical basis for understanding social justice in the United States. Through a thoughtful investigation of key political, social, and legal events in the history of the United States, Omar Swartz develops a compelling argument for engaged political scholarship by American academics, and offers readers a critical understanding of the place of race and class in American cultural...
More Description In Defense of Partisan Criticism is a far-reaching exploration of the legal, philosophical, and rhetorical basis for understanding social justice in the United States. Through a thoughtful investigation of key political, social, and legal events in the history of the United States, Omar Swartz develops a compelling argument for engaged political scholarship by American academics, and offers readers a critical understanding of the place of race and class in American cultural history. Central to this understanding is an awareness of the «communication imagination» - the power of citizens to name the constraints placed upon them by U.S. political and legal institutions and to counter those constraints with narratives constructing a more socially just society based upon a wider sense of human identification and partisan engagement than is currently practiced in the normative U.S. public sphere.