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The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy

By Albert O. Hirschman

Book information

Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Year
1991
ISBN
9780674768673, 0674768671, 9780674768680, 067476868X, 9780674417779, 0674417771
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5674420 bytes)
Pages
\209
Time added
2023-05-16 03:01:19

Description

Hirschman maps the diffuse and treacherous world of reactionary rhetoric in which conservative public figures, thinkers, and polemicists have been arguing against progressive agendas and reforms for 200 years. Ultimately, he shows that progressives are apt to employ related rhetorical postures, which are as biased as their reactionary counterparts. Copyright Contents 1 Two Hundred Years of Reactionary Rhetoric 2 The Perversity Thesis 3 The Futility Thesis 4 The Jeopardy Thesis 5 The Three Theses Compared and Combined 6 From Reactionary to Progressive Rhetoric 7 Beyond Intransigence Notes One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Acknowledgments Index

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