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The Death Of Discourse (Hardcover)
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The Death Of Discourse (Hardcover)
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In this innovative book, the authors persuasively argue that the
First Amendment to the Constitution has risen in the late twentieth
century, like an ill guided individual with knife in hand, to
murder a longstanding tradition of fine and meaningful discourse in
the United States. We are bombarded with the cacophony of
advertisement, the luridity of pornography, and the pointlessness
of prime timepoor substitutes for intelligent consideration of
ideas. }In this innovative book, the authors persuasively argue
that the First Amendment to the Constitution has risen in the late
twentieth century, like an ill-guided individual with knife in
hand, to murder a long-standing tradition of fine and meaningful
discourse in the United States. What has died is the essential kind
of political discourse which promotes democracy; informs citizens;
enlivens debate; and carries reason, method, and purpose. Instead,
we are bombarded with the cacophony of advertisement, the luridity
of pornography, and the pointlessness of prime time.With satirical
spirit and wityet to a very serious purpose the narrative of this
lively study calls upon many of the very tricks it criticizes. The
text is augmented by amusing tales, poetry, tv zaps, eyebites, and
boxes of aphorisms resonating between high and low culture, between
Plato and Geraldo and Madonna and Mahler to make its points, the
discussion reveals how discourse in contemporary America has lost
its integrity and its soul.
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