The death of discourse

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The death of discourse

Ronald K.L. Collins & David M. Skover

Westview Press, 1996

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780813327228

内容説明

Using fictitious dialogues to argue both sides of the issue of free speech versus publicly tempered and regulated speech, this work contends that the First Amendment to the Constitution has risen in the late-20th century, like an ill-guided individual with knife in hand, to murder a long-standing tradition of fine and meaningful discourse in the United States. What has died, the authors argue, is the essential kind of political discourse which promotes democracy, informs citizens, enlivens debate, and carries reason, method and purpose; instead we are bombarded with the cacophany of advertisement, the luridity of pornography, and the pointlessness of prime time. The narrative satirically calls upon many of the "tricks" it criticizes, being augmented by anecdotes, poetry, TV zaps, eyebites, and boxes of aphorisms resonating between high and low culture, between Plato and Geraldo and Madonna and Mahler, to make its points.

目次

  • Part 1 The paratroopers' paradox: the Huxleyan crossing
  • the Soma medium - its mechanics and messages
  • a rear-view-mirror look at the First Amendment
  • wrestling with the paradox
  • the First Amendment in bold relief - a "dialogue". Part 2 Commerce and communication: commerce and its handmaiden - then and now
  • commercial communication and its consequences
  • commerce, communication and the Constitution
  • communication and the capitalist culture
  • Asolut protection? - a "dialogue". Part 3 Discourse and intercourse: the rise of the pornographic state
  • the logic of the erotic
  • body politics and the ambivalent citizenry
  • war and pleasure in pornutopia
  • rubber, reason and religion in pornutopia
  • respectable stories for an unrespectable state
  • how worthy a tradition? - the last "dialogue". Part 4 Epilogue: deliberate lies and deliberative democracy
  • the discourse of death.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780813327235

内容説明

In this innovative book, the authors persuasively argue that the First Amendment to the Constitution has risen in the late twentieth century, like an ill guided individual with knife in hand, to murder a longstanding tradition of fine and meaningful discourse in the United States. We are bombarded with the cacophony of advertisement, the luridity of pornography, and the pointlessness of prime timepoor substitutes for intelligent consideration of ideas. }In this innovative book, the authors persuasively argue that the First Amendment to the Constitution has risen in the late twentieth century, like an ill-guided individual with knife in hand, to murder a long-standing tradition of fine and meaningful discourse in the United States. What has died is the essential kind of political discourse which promotes democracy; informs citizens; enlivens debate; and carries reason, method, and purpose. Instead, we are bombarded with the cacophony of advertisement, the luridity of pornography, and the pointlessness of prime time.With satirical spirit and wityet to a very serious purpose the narrative of this lively study calls upon many of the very tricks it criticizes. The text is augmented by amusing tales, poetry, tv zaps, eyebites, and boxes of aphorisms resonating between high and low culture, between Plato and Geraldo and Madonna and Mahler to make its points, the discussion reveals how discourse in contemporary America has lost its integrity and its soul. }

目次

* The Paratroopers Paradox The Huxleyan Crossing The Soma Medium: Its Mechanics & Messages A Rear-View-Mirror Look at the First Amendment Wrestling with the Paradox The First Amendment in Bold ReliefA Dialogue * Commerce And Communication Commerce & Its Handmaiden: Then & Now Commercial Communication & Its Consequences Commerce, Communication & the Constitution Communication & the Capitalist Culture Absolut Protection?A Dialogue * Discourse And Intercourse The Rise of the Pornographic State The Logic of the Erotic Body Politics & the Ambivalent Citizenry War & Pleasure in Pornutopia Rubber, Reason, & Religion in Pornutopia Respectable Stories for an Unrespectable State How Worthy a Tradition?The Last Dialogue * Epilogue Deliberate Lies & Deliberative Democracy The Discourse of Death

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