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Civility, Democracy, and National Politics

Author(s) -

Mary E. Stuckey,

Sean Patrick O’Rourke

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

rhetoric and public affairs

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.248

H-Index - 12

eISSN - 1534-5238

pISSN - 1094-8392

DOI - 10.14321/rhetpublaffa.17.4.0711

Subject(s) - civility , rhetorical question , democracy , politics , sociology , incivility , law , political science , philosophy , linguistics

This essay considers questions about civility raised in the discourse responding to the January 2011 shootings in Tucson, Arizona. Focusing on two sites of discord—the debate in the media and President Obama’s address at the memorial service for the victims—our analysis identifies two conceptions of civility and their corresponding assumptions about democracy and community, provides a critique of both conceptions, and offers a conceptual framework for rhetorical critics studying civility.

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