An edition of Anti-Intellectual Presidency (2008)
The anti-intellectual presidency
the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush
By Elvin T Lim,Elvin T. Lim,Elvin T. Lim
Publish Date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
193
Description:
"In The Anti-Intellectual Presidency, Elvin T. Lim draws on interviews with more than 40 presidential speechwriters to investigate the relentless qualitative decline, over the course of the past 200 years, in our presidents' ability to communicate with the public. Lim argues that the ever-increasing pressure for presidents to manage and massage public opinion has created a "pathology of vacuous rhetoric and imagery," in which applause-rendering platitudes and punch lines matter more than arguments and facts."--Jacket.
subjects: Redes, Rhetoric, Language, Political oratory, Rhetorik, USA President, Retorica, Democratie, History, Politics and government, USA, Presidents, Communication in politics, Prasident, Intellectual life, Politics, Presidenten, Political aspects, Presidents, united states, United states, politics and government, United states, intellectual life, Political aspects of Rhetoric
Places: United States