| Inarticulate Society: Eloquence and Culture in America Contributor(s): Shachtman, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416576797 ISBN-13: 9781416576792 Publisher: Free Press OUR PRICE: $19.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6" W x 9" (0.82 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thomas Schachtman, author of Skyscraper Dreams, approaches the muddy, intolerant world of political conversation through the belief that Americans have lost the ability to respond and argue differing points of view without coming swiftly to blows. Considering the rising tide of political violence in America and the hateful and intolerant speech that appears to incite it, Thomas Schachtman argues that political debates are in danger of moving from the Senate chamber to the streets, taking the social stability needed for a working democracy with it. Blaming this decline on the jargon used by specialists in the professions and academia in order to distinguish superiority over common citizens, Schachtman proposes a concrete, multifaceted program for rehabilitating eloquence through the constructive use of media in combination with political and educational reform. |