TY - CHAP

T1 - Speaking of terror

T2 - Norms of rhetorical citizenship in Danish public discourse

AU - Villadsen, Lisa S.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2012 The Pennsylvania State University.

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - This chapter explores the notion of rhetorical citizenship and suggests its relevance to studies of rhetoric in society. My analysis suggests that an underdeveloped appreciation of rhetoric's role in public deliberation can be witnessed in a case study where responses to two public statements work to exclude particular points of view and to defer discussion and thus reflect a less than tolerant debate culture. The overall trajectory of my argument is that in this and similar settings, public political debate would benefit from increased attention to various manifestations of rhetorical practice, and that the concept of rhetorical citizenship may be one avenue for cultivating such a development, particularly as a frame for explicating and negotiating the communicative norms for public deliberation.

AB - This chapter explores the notion of rhetorical citizenship and suggests its relevance to studies of rhetoric in society. My analysis suggests that an underdeveloped appreciation of rhetoric's role in public deliberation can be witnessed in a case study where responses to two public statements work to exclude particular points of view and to defer discussion and thus reflect a less than tolerant debate culture. The overall trajectory of my argument is that in this and similar settings, public political debate would benefit from increased attention to various manifestations of rhetorical practice, and that the concept of rhetorical citizenship may be one avenue for cultivating such a development, particularly as a frame for explicating and negotiating the communicative norms for public deliberation.

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M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84917506908

SN - 9780271053875

VL - 9780271058313

SP - 169

EP - 180

BT - Rhetorical Citizenship and Public Deliberation

PB - Pennsylvania State University Press

ER -