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Prisoners of Conscience
Moral Vernaculars of Political Agency
Hauser explores how modes of resistance employed by these prisoners constitute what he deems a "thick moral vernacular" rhetoric of human rights. Hauser's work considers in part how these prisoners convert universal commitments to human dignity, agency, and voice into the moral vernacular of the society and culture to which their rhetoric is addressed.
Hauser grounds his study through a series of case studies, each centered on a different rhetorical mechanism brought to bear in the act of resistance. Through a transnational rhetorical analysis of resistance within political prisons, Hauser brings to bear his skills as a rhetorical theorist and critic to illuminate the rhetorical power of resistance as tied to core questions in contemporary humanistic scholarship and public concern.
Reviews
"The prisoner of conscience has much to tell us. In the name of moving beyond the limits of traditional human rights doctrine, it behooves us to listen. In this ground-breaking and altogether important work, Gerard Hauser discovers a moral vernacular that sheds new light on the human condition and the place of human rights in public life. A call to hear the terms and power of "ordinary virtue" in the midst of evil, Hauser's book is a timely and sophisticated mediation on the possibility of human solidarity. Its challenge to think human rights as a discourse that works outside the fold of law's founding exception deserves careful consideration and will surely inform the work of scholars in rhetoric, political theory, legal studies, and international relations."—Erik Doxtader
Hardback | |
July 13, 2012 | |
9781611170764 | |
English | |
283 | |
9.25 Inches (US) | |
6.25 Inches (US) | |
1.3 Pounds (US) | |
$51.99 USD | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Paperback / softback | |
December 18, 2013 | |
9781611174380 | |
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.95 Pounds (US) | |
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Other Titles by Gerard A. Hauser
Vernacular Voices, second edition
The Public Work of Rhetoric
Other Titles from Studies in Rhetoric/Communication
Rhetoric in Ancient China, Fifth to Third Century B.C.E
Speaking for the Polis
Rhetorical Landscapes in America
Other Titles in LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric
The Rhetoric of Outrage
Liturgy of Change
Lost Texts in Rhetoric and Composition