Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent Power: Declarations of Independence in Comparative Perspective

By Catherine Frost

Book Overview

Beginning with the founding speech in the American Declaration, Catherine Frost uses insights drawn from unexpected or unlikely forms of founding in cases like Ireland and Canada to reconsider the role of time and loss in how such speech is framed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138606863
• ISBN13: 9781138606869
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"