Deliberative Acts: Democracy, Rhetoric, and Rights

By Arabella Lyon

Book Overview

Offers a theory of performative deliberation, arguing that speech acts, performances, and performatives constitute citizens, agency, and events. Through analysis of human rights conflicts, it reveals difference's productivity and necessity as it demonstrates the power of performative theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271059753
• ISBN13: 9780271059754
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"