It may be possible, if the monstrous rhetoric could be traced to its origin, to establish a type of meta-structure by which to identify uses of language and metaphor which rely on the monstrous to create difference or marginality. A brief look into the European origins of cannibalism, not as a practice but as a metaphorical construction, leads back to the Saturn myth. Again, Zika notes the use of the Saturn myth as the “explicit basis for [the] association between witch and cannibal,” and notes
representatives or senators. Since the president receives more public attention than any other individual in government, it seems natural to analyze presidential rhetoric. However, why exactly should we examine presidential rhetoric? Are there not other ways to examine a president’s goals and aspirations? One could examine the implemented policies that the president supports. However, one cannot examine the president’s support for a policy without scrutinizing the language and rhetoric he uses to express
THE FUTURE OF RHETORIC IN OUR ELECTRONIC AGE Name: Institution: Course: Professor: Date: Abstract Rhetoric has not changed much since the years of Aristotle. However, the application of concept of rhetoric appears to have undergone dynamic transformations as new technologies come into the market. Rhetoric is employed in all spheres and levels of life in conveying information especially in the world of business and politics. For many years, rhetoric has been used to convince and persuade
Mr. Shaw 22 February 2016 Ex Oriente Lux: American neo-Orientalism and the Justification for the ‘War on Terror’ The September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon fundamentally changed the dynamic of American identity threatening it’s hegemony and creating a space of insecurity thus necessitating a reassertion of state authority. In particular, the 9/11 post-traumatic space required US participation in an ambiguous ‘War on Terror’ that institutionalized racially charged
1990s, relating a managerialist “politics of forgetting” to the broader ideological narratives of “the post bureaucratic turn”. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, combining case study analysis with long-term historical perspectives on organisational change. Findings – The paper shows the ways in which public sector professionals contested “post bureaucratic” pressures for marketisation and organisational disaggregation. Originality/value
HIST3151 Research Essay Essay Question 16: Why have such intense conflicts arisen since the 1970s over the question of affirmative action in the United States? The wicked vice of racial discrimination towards African Americans has, over the course of almost six centuries, indelibly tainted social, economic and cultural relations between those of all racial profiles in the “Land of the Free”. Historically speaking, the African American experience is imbued in pain and suffering for centuries of malfeasance
towards a protest movement. Framing theory Media influences how politics is framed and perceived and set the terms of action for politicians, stakeholders, and other actors in public discourse. Apart from news selection, the framing of environmental news has an equally important role. Iyengar (1993: 367) argues that it’s an “episodic” news framing different from “thematic” coverage that places related events in some general context.
such force that the blow, be it the pain, the social inequality, the outright disrespect for humanity that blacks in the country have experienced, may have inflicted a lifelong scar. The vast injustice that the African American community has felt, since the moment the first African was placed in chains in brought to this country has been nothing but a travesty, that has and will undoubtedly plague this nation for decades, if not centuries to come. Such circumstances have ignited a passion in Congresswoman
selection of new employees. I hypothesize that, since September 2008, banks: 1. have changed the qualities they seek in employee candidates; 2. and are now actively seeking candidates with higher levels of character. Background The autumn of 2008 saw Lehman Brothers shut its doors and the world’s financial systems collapse. Media, regulators, pundits and observers characterized the meltdown as the most devastating economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Many blamed the
the character of the news provided to us. An adequate understanding of this argument requires full understanding surrounding the event itself. Though even the most objective variant of the crisis is contested, journalists and officials alike have since attempted to provide a general account of what likely occurred at the Sydney Lindt Chocolate café that day (as informed by both witnesses and hostages). At 9.44am on 15-16 December 2014, a lone Islamic gunman, later identified as Man Haron Monis, held