Liars! Cheaters! Evildoers!: Demonization and the End of Civil Debate in American PoliticsNYU Press, 2005 - Всего страниц: 228 The level of vitriol in American politics has been rising with no end in sight. Terms like “evildoer,” “war on terror,” and “axis of evil” have become commonplace in our discussion of international politics. What ever happened to civil debate? Where has all this moralizing come from? And what harm has this new level of attack caused to democracy in America? |
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... criticism. Both of us will always owe a great debt to the man who mentored our dissertations, who remains our great teacher, and who has become our good friend, Bill Connolly. In the course of the long journey of this manuscript, over ...
... conceptual distinction between demonization and appropriate and very strong criticism, although that line cannot simply be determined by abstract definitions. Deciding where that line is and when one has crossed it is Introduction | 3.
... criticism of, or even extremely harsh censure of positions or persons one has come to abhor. Appropriate moral censure is distinguished from demonization by the care given to the charge as well as by the truth of the claim. We can ...
... criticism is true—and the quality of the case the critic has made to herself or himself before actually making the charge. Demonization is a process from which neither the left nor right is immune. Blaming economic extremes on wealthy ...
... critic is not just mistaken, but deviant or worse. Contrary to some political writers and thinkers, therefore, we also suggest that political rhetoric that alienates some people and which can do harm may emanate from the political ...
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Americas Moral Paradox | 44 |
4 The Deep Divide and the Most Vulnerable | 64 |
Part II
Demonization and Wars Seeking the Enemy | 85 |
6 Terror Evil and the New Cold War | 102 |
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Terror Wars and Culture Wars | 129 |
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Preserve the Environment Become an Environmental Sport | 149 |
Conclusion | 164 |
Notes | 199 |
Index | 221 |
About the Authors | 228 |
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