03096nam 2200709Ia 450 991078213020332120230207225712.01-299-45463-10-8093-8700-X1-4356-6365-9(CKB)1000000000537422(EBL)1354421(OCoLC)856870160(SSID)ssj0000127403(PQKBManifestationID)11149940(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000127403(PQKBWorkID)10052277(PQKB)11145384(MiAaPQ)EBC1354421(OCoLC)649741110(MdBmJHUP)muse27153(Au-PeEL)EBL1354421(CaPaEBR)ebr10695238(CaONFJC)MIL476713(EXLCZ)99100000000053742220070813d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComposition and Cornel West[electronic resource] notes toward a deep democracy /Keith GilyardCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20081 online resource (176 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2854-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-152) and index.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 CoverComposition 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 African AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican American philosophyDemocracyUnited StatesRhetoricPhilosophyRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesRhetoricSocial aspectsUnited StatesEnglish languageUnited StatesRhetoricAfrican AmericansIntellectual life.African American philosophy.DemocracyRhetoricPhilosophy.RhetoricPolitical aspectsRhetoricSocial aspectsEnglish languageRhetoric.305.896/073Gilyard Keith1952-1101601MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782130203321Composition and Cornel West3672033UNINA