The study of propaganda s uses in modern democracy highlights important theoretical questions about normative rhetorical practices. Is rhetoric ethically neutral? Is propaganda? How can facticity, accuracy, and truth be determined? Do any circumstances justify misrepresentation? Edited by Gae Lyn Henderson and M.J. Braun, Propaganda and Rhetoric in Democracy: History, Theory, Analysis advances our understanding of propaganda and rhetoric. Essays focus on historical figures Edward Bernays, Jane Addams, Kenneth Burke, and Elizabeth Bowen examining the development of the theory of...
The study of propaganda s uses in modern democracy highlights important theoretical questions about normative rhetorical practices. Is rhetoric ethica...