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Rhetoric in Human Rights Advocacy - A Study of Exemplars (Hardcover)
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Rhetoric in Human Rights Advocacy - A Study of Exemplars (Hardcover)
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This book examines the rhetoric of various "exemplars" who advocate
for causes and actions pertaining to human rights in particular
contexts. Although some of these exemplars champion human rights,
others are human rights antagonists. Simply put, the argument here
is that concern for how particular individuals advocate for human
rights causes-as well as how antagonists obstruct such
initiatives-adds significant value to understanding the successes
and failures of human rights efforts in particular cultural and
national contexts. On one hand, we can grasp how specific
international organizations and actors function to develop norms
(for example, the rights of the child) and how rights are
subsequently articulated in universal declarations and formal
codes. But on the other, it becomes apparent that the actual
meaning of those rights mutate when "accepted" within particular
cultures. A complementary facet of this argument relates to the
centrality of rhetoric in observing how rights advocates function
in practice; specifically, rhetoric focuses upon the art of
argumentation and the various strategies and techniques enlisted
therein. In that much of the "reality" surrounding human rights
(from the standpoints of advocates and antagonists alike) is
fundamentally interpretive, rhetorical (or argumentative) skill is
of vital importance for advocates as competent pragma-dialecticians
in presenting the case that a rights ideal can enhance life in a
culture predisposed to reject that ideal. This book includes case
studies focusing on the rhetoric of the following individuals or
groups as either human rights advocates or antagonists: Mary B.
Anderson, Rwandan "hate radio" broadcasters, politicians and
military officials connected with the Kent State University and
Tiananmen Square student protest tragedies, Iqbal Masih, Pussy
Riot, Lyndon Johnson, Julian Assange, Geert Wilders, Daniel
Barenboim, Joe Arpaio, and Lucius Banda.
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