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Political conversion: personal transformation as strategic public communication

By Don , Waisanen

Book information

Publisher
Lexington Books
ISBN
9781498575737, 9781498575720, 162157296X, 1516070151, 0060908165, 1165502003, 1498575730
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1602308 bytes)
Series
Lexington studies in political communication
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1934- -- Confessions of a conservative;Communic-- 1939- -- Radical son;WillsCommunication in politics;Communication in politicDavidGarryNorman. -- Breaking ranks;HorowitzWhittaker. -- Witness;Podhoretz

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Acknowledgments -- Introduction : political transformation as a pervasive strategy -- Political conversion as Manichaean deduction : Whittaker Chambers's Witness -- Political conversion as intellectual reduction : Norman Podhoretz's Breaking ranks -- Political conversion as generational induction : David Horowitz's Radical son -- Political conversion as bypassed seduction : Garry Wills's Confessions of a conservative -- Political transformation in U.S. politics -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.;This book analyzes political conversion stories as a communication strategy aimed at winning the hearts and minds of the public. Through key cases, it charts the historical and contemporary uses of this strategy as a type of civil-religious persuasion in public discourse, evaluating its features and functions in politics.

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