Rhetorical Democracy - by Robert Danisch (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book addresses the characteristics of communication systems and communication practices that inhibit or enhance democratic life and how both can be altered to make democracy thrive.

Book Synopsis

This book addresses the characteristics of communication systems and communication practices that inhibit or enhance democratic life and how both can be altered to make democracy thrive.

Review Quotes

Living Democracy represents an admirable addition to our reflections on what ails democracy--and how we are to fix it. It is unique in merging a care for our communication ecologies with a call for individual action, revealing how democracy is both something larger than each citizen and an intensely personal way of life to be maintained by each and all.

Robert Danisch's Rhetorical Democracy reminds us to consider the ways physical and social structures help foster democratic decision-making . At the center of human existence is communication--our words, concepts, and ideas create the world around us. What allows us to build connected communities requires engagement and dialogue. Danisch offers a way forward, drawing on pragmatist roots to foster an ecology of democratic life today.

About the Author

Robert Danisch is professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo in Canada.