A01=Tom Shachtman
american culture
articulate expression
Author_Tom Shachtman
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how to articulate
united states history
Product details
- ISBN 9781416576792
- Weight: 376g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 11 Sep 2007
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
Tom Shachtman has written or coauthored more than thirty-five books, including Gentlemen Scientists and Revolutionaries, Rumspringa, and Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold. He has also written documentaries for ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, and the BBC.
