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Barack Obama and the Rhetoric of Hope (Paperback)
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Barack Obama and the Rhetoric of Hope (Paperback)
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The historical and literary antecedents of the President's campaign
rhetoric can be traced to the utopian traditions of the Western
world. The ""rhetoric of hope"" is a form of political discourse
characterised by a forward-looking vision of social progress
brought about by collective effort and adherence to shared values
(including discipline, temperance, a strong work ethic,
self-reliance, and service to the community). By combining his own
personal story (as the biracial son of a white mother from Kansas
and a black father from Kenya) with national mythologies like the
American Dream, Obama creates a narrative persona that embodies the
moral values and cultural mythos of his implied audience. In doing
so, he draws upon the Classical world, Judeo-Christianity, the
European Enlightenment, the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, the
presidencies of Jefferson, Lincoln, and FDR, slave narratives, the
Black church, the civil rights movement, and even popular culture.
Barack Obama's understanding of history as an ongoing process of
transformation toward social betterment provides the basis for his
ultimate rhetorical formulation of a multicultural utopia that
transcends national boundaries.
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