The Rhetoric of Racism

By Mark Lawrence McPhail

This book explores the pragmatic, theoretical and philosophical issues that emerge in contemporary considerations of rhetoric and race relations. It examines the epistemological assumptions at work in our understanding of, and participation in, the language of oppression. Contents: In the Shadow of the Word; From Socrates to South Africa; Language and Oppression; Racism in Black and White; Race as Symbolic Reality; From Complicity to Coherence; References; Index.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819191809
• ISBN13: 9780819191809
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.