Political literacy
rhetoric, ideology, and the possibility of justice
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Author
Publication
1994 - State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
47,250 words, Guess
Page Count
189 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1408319M
- ISBN-100791418057
- OCLC Control Number27813545
- OCLC Control Numberpoliticalliterac0000gale
- Library of Congress Control Number93016871
and 1 more
- Goodreads3194948
Classifications
- DDC340/.1
- LCCK290 .G35 1994
Description
Political Literacy confronts and responds to the question: What is required of the citizens of a democracy to ensure their individual and social rights? Exploring the rhetoric of legal interpretation, this book answers that citizens must be so educated as to have an intellectual awareness of the inherently rhetorical nature of language. Political Literacy explodes the myth that justice is delivered in the measured, seemingly disinterested, written decisions of America's highest courts. Instead, it reveals the political nature of legal opinions and their necessarily ideological perspectives. Using arguments and examples from a variety of ancient and modern writers and thinkers, the book defines political literacy for the first time. Fredric Gale passionately calls for changes in the way the public is educated about the justice system and about the risk of complacency in this crucial area of public life.
Subjects
Series Statement
- SUNY series, interruptions--border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s
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