Post-9/11 American Presidential Rhetoric: A Study of Protofascist Discourse / Edition 1

Post-9/11 American Presidential Rhetoric: A Study of Protofascist Discourse / Edition 1

by Colleen Elizabeth Kelley
ISBN-10:
0739129252
ISBN-13:
9780739129258
Pub. Date:
06/09/2008
Publisher:
Lexington Books
ISBN-10:
0739129252
ISBN-13:
9780739129258
Pub. Date:
06/09/2008
Publisher:
Lexington Books
Post-9/11 American Presidential Rhetoric: A Study of Protofascist Discourse / Edition 1

Post-9/11 American Presidential Rhetoric: A Study of Protofascist Discourse / Edition 1

by Colleen Elizabeth Kelley

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Overview

Post-9/11 American Presidential Rhetoric examines the communication offensive orchestrated by George W. Bush and the members of his administration between the initial terrorism crisis of September 11, 2001, and the March 20, 2003, invasion of Iraq. Colleen Elizabeth Kelley argues that the president relied on a set of particular strategies that coalesced into protofascist talk in order to discursively manage the post-9/11 situation and justify its 2003 war against Iraq. This book suggests a framework for analyzing emergent fascist public discourse and its potential for producing additional substantial antidemocratic speech and action. Kelley further reviews the role of the media in conveying President Bush's rhetorical doctrine to the American public. The rhetoric of democratic discourse is presented as a firewall to guarantee that such speech-based behaviors, which are endorsed by willing publics and developed within democracies, fail to thrive and do not destroy the very systems that enabled them in the first place. Post-9/11 American Presidential Rhetoric is a stimulating text that will strike up discussion among scholars of political communication and those interested in cultural studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780739129258
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 06/09/2008
Series: Lexington Studies in Political Communication
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 340
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Colleen Elizabeth Kelley is associate professor of speech communication at the Pennsylvania State University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 History of Fascism
Chapter 2 The Rhetorical Presidency, Power, and Fascist Discourse
Chapter 3 Presidential Discourse and Fascism
Chapter 4 The Discourse of the Syndicate
Chapter 5 The Discourse of the President
Chapter 6 A Keystone Strategy
Chapter 7 The Post-9/11 Rhetorical Doctrine
Chapter 8 Implications of the Post-9/11 American Presidency
Chapter 9 Voicing Democracy
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