Peaceful Persuasion: The Geopolitics of Nonviolent Rhetoric (Communication Studies)

Peaceful Persuasion......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Tables and Figures......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Foreword......Page 18
Introduction......Page 22
INTRODUCTION......Page 26
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK......Page 28
THE PROBLEM DEFINED......Page 29
TOOLS FOR ANALYZING NONVIOLENCE......Page 37
SUMMARY......Page 38
2. Rhetoric, Media, and Public Relations: Evolving Nonviolent Communication with Rhetorical Theory......Page 42
RHETORIC IN THE SERVICE OF SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 44
ENGAGING THE MEDIA RHETORICALLY......Page 45
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT......Page 50
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AND NONVIOLENCE......Page 51
DEFINING PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE AS ASPECTS OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION......Page 54
WHY PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE IS MISSING FROM THE SPEECH COMMUNICATION CURRICULUM......Page 57
A RATIONALE FOR TEACHING PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM......Page 60
SOME PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS......Page 69
REDISCOVERING NONVIOLENCE......Page 72
A NONVIOLENT READING OF FILM......Page 76
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NONVIOLENCE AND PACIFISM......Page 77
CRITICS’ REVIEWS......Page 80
STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE......Page 83
THE ISSUE OF “BELIEVABILITY” IN NONVIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE......Page 85
SOME CONCLUSIONS ABOUT NONVIOLENCE IN FILM......Page 93
5. The Politics of Nonviolent Pragmatism: Kiro Gligorov at the United Nations......Page 96
GLIGOROV THE PEACEMAKER......Page 97
THEORETICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF NONVIOLENT RHETORIC......Page 99
CROSS-CULTURAL RHETORIC AT THE UNITED NATIONS......Page 103
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 104
GLIGOROV’S RHETORICAL ACE: “THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO”......Page 109
ANALYSIS......Page 110
PROSPECTS FOR PEACE......Page 118
6. Nonviolence in Pink: The Visual Rhetoric of Aung San Suu Kyi......Page 122
ESSENTIALIZING AND NONVIOLENT THEORY......Page 123
PICTURE THEORY AND SPECTACLE......Page 124
AUNG SAN SUU KYI......Page 126
NONVIOLENT RHETORIC IN VISUAL FORM......Page 129
ENGENDERING DEMOCRACY......Page 140
CONCLUSION: METAPICTURES IN NONTERRITORIAL DEMOCRACY......Page 142
7. A Rhetorical Climate: The Power of Hope in Big Sky Country......Page 146
THE PROBLEM WITH SITUATION......Page 147
CLIMATE: CONCEPT DEFINITION AND SUPPORTING DATA......Page 156
“RHETORIC AS AWAY OF BEING”: THE EXPERIENCE OF HATE CRIMES......Page 158
THE CASE: A CHANGING CLIMATE IN BIG SKY COUNTRY......Page 162
DISCUSSION: UTILITY OF RHETORICAL CLIMATE CONSTRUCT......Page 176
CONCLUSION......Page 179
8. Conclusion: Toward a Theory of Nonviolent Rhetoric......Page 184
INFORMING RHETORICAL THEORY WITH NONVIOLENT THEORY......Page 185
TRANSFORMING PERCEPTIONS OF POSSIBLE PEACE THROUGH RHETORICAL MEANS......Page 197
CONCLUSION......Page 199
APPENDIX 1: Rhetoric and Nonviolence......Page 202
FORMS OF NONVIOLENT RHETORIC......Page 205
RHETORIC AS TRUE NONVIOLENT ACTION......Page 211
PRESUMED PEACEMAKERS......Page 215
APPENDIX 2: Address of Kiro Gligorov to the UN General Assembly, September 30, 1993 (Official UN Translation)......Page 222
APPENDIX 3: Early History of Macedonia......Page 228
CHAPTER 1......Page 230
CHAPTER 4......Page 231
CHAPTER 5......Page 233
CHAPTER 6......Page 237
CHAPTER 7......Page 243
CHAPTER 8......Page 252
APPENDIX 1......Page 254
APPENDIX 3......Page 256
Works Cited......Page 258
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C......Page 277
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K......Page 280
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