03693nam 22007215 450 991021381960332120230207213130.00-8147-2098-60-585-23980-010.18574/9780814720981(CKB)111000211309072(EBL)865361(OCoLC)784884434(SSID)ssj0000229348(PQKBManifestationID)11174935(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229348(PQKBWorkID)10171469(PQKB)11109550(MiAaPQ)EBC865361(OCoLC)44956855(MdBmJHUP)muse10907(DE-B1597)546880(DE-B1597)9780814720981(dli)HEB31796(MiU)MIU01000000000000012918772(EXLCZ)9911100021130907220200623h19971997 fg 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe prophetic tradition and radical rhetoric in America /James DarseyNew York, NY :New York University Press,[1997]©19971 online resource (294 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-1924-4 0-8147-1876-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-267) and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --1. Radical Rhetoric and American Community --2. Old Testament Prophecy as Radical Ursprach --3. Prophecy as Sacred Truth --4. Prophecy as Krisis --5. The Prophet's Call and His Burden --6. The Word in Darkness --7. A Vision of the Apocalypse --8. Prophecy as Poetry --9. Secular Argument and the Language of Commodity --10. The Seraph and the Snake --Notes --IndexThis expansive volume traces the rhetoric of reform across American history, examining such pivotal periods as the American Revolution, slavery, McCarthyism, and today's gay liberation movement. At a time when social movements led by religious leaders, from Louis Farrakhan to Pat Buchanan, are playing a central role in American politics, James Darsey connects this radical tradition with its prophetic roots. Public discourse in the West is derived from the Greek principles of civility, diplomacy, compromise, and negotiation. On this model, radical speech is often taken to be a symptom of social disorder. Not so, contends Darsey, who argues that the rhetoric of reform in America represents the continuation of a tradition separate from the commonly accepted principles of the Greeks. Though the links have gone unrecognized, the American radical tradition stems not from Aristotle, he maintains, but from the prophets of the Hebrew Bible.Social problemsUnited StatesProphecySocial aspectsUnited StatesRadicalismUnited StatesRhetoricSocial aspectsUnited StatesEnglish languageUnited StatesRhetoricPolitical oratorySocial aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial conditions1980-2020Social problemsProphecySocial aspectsRadicalismRhetoricSocial aspectsEnglish languageRhetoric.Political oratorySocial aspects322.10973Darsey Jamesauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut607807DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910213819603321Prophetic tradition and radical rhetoric in America1126164UNINA