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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782130203321

Autore

Gilyard Keith <1952->

Titolo

Composition and Cornel West [[electronic resource] ] : notes toward a deep democracy / / Keith Gilyard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-299-45463-1

0-8093-8700-X

1-4356-6365-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

305.896/073

Soggetti

African Americans - Intellectual life

African American philosophy

Democracy - United States

Rhetoric - Philosophy

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States

Rhetoric - Social aspects - United States

English language - United States - Rhetoric

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-152) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Flight West; 2. The Roots of a Deep-Democratic Project; 3. Socratic Commitment and Critical Literacy; 4. Tracking Prophetic Witness; 5. Tragicomic Hope in Democracy; 6. Landing Song; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Composition and Cornel West: Notes toward a Deep Democracy identifies and explains key aspects of the work of Cornel West-the highly regarded scholar of religion, philosophy, and African American studies-as they relate to composition studies, focusing especially on three rhetorical strategies that West suggests we use in our questioning lives as scholars, teachers, students, and citizens. In this study, author Keith Gilyard examines the strategies of Socratic Commitment (a relentless examination of received wisdom), Prophetic Witness (an abiding concern with justice