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Anforth, Allan

 
9781035866212: The Role of Rhetoric in Politics and the Media
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ISBN 10: 1035866218 ISBN 13: 9781035866212
Casa editrice: Austin Macauley Publishers, 2024

Sinossi

The rise of rhetoric is a danger to liberal democracies and a powerful tool for the would-be autocrat. The danger lies in the ease with which sizeable parts of the population are persuaded to adopt the most implausible propositions, on the basis of nothing more than the assertions of a self-interested orator. On a daily basis it is these same techniques that drive all manner of conspiracy theories.
The author hopes that by listing and explaining some of these rhetorical devices, the more gullible members of the public may recognise when they are being manipulated and resist it

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Informazioni sull'autore

Allan Anforth is a practicing barrister in Canberra, Australia, a part-time academic lawyer at the University of Canberra and a publisher of various texts on certain areas of law. He has been awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the law. He also has a prior short-career and lifetime interest in mathematics, physics, astronomy, philosophy and theology.

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Editore
Austin Macauley Publishers
Data di pubblicazione
2024
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1035866218
ISBN 13 
9781035866212
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
210
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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