Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/adg3q7j An African Athens Rhetoric and the Shaping of Democracy in South Africa By: Philippe-Joseph Salazar Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780805833416, 0805833412 eText ISBN: 9781135666835, 1135666830 Edition: 1st Pages: 248 Copyright year: 2002 Format: EPUB Available from $ 22.78 USD SKU 9781135666835R90 An African Athens offers an analysis of a new ecology of rhetoric--the reshaping of a nation into a democracy through rhetorical means. Author Philippe-Joseph Salazar provides a general view of issues as they have taken shape in the apartheid and post-apartheid South African experience, presenting the country as a remarkable stage for playing out the great themes of public deliberation and the rise of postmodern rhetorical democracy. Salazar's intimate vantage point focuses on the striking case of a democracy won at the negotiating table and also won every day in public deliberation. This volume presents a full-scale rhetorical analysis of a democratic transformation in post-Cold War era, and provides a study of the demise of apartheid and post-apartheid from the standpoint of political and public rhetoric and communication. In doing so, it serves as a template for similar enquiries in the rhetorical study of emerging democracies. Intended for readers engaged in the study of political and public rhetoric with an interest in how democracy takes shape, An African Athens highlights South Africa as a test case for global democracy, for rhetoric, and for the relevance of rhetoric studies in a postmodern democracy. Additional ISBNs 9781138811898, 1138811890
