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

• Autore: Gilyard Keith <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.896/073
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Composition and Cornel West
• ISBN: 1-299-45463-1; 0-8093-8700-X; 1-4356-6365-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782130203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II