Ecospeak: Rhetoric and Environmental Politics in America / Edition 1

by M. Jimmie Killingsworth, Jacqueline S. Palmer

Overview

This first book-length study of rhetoric and environmental politics calls for an end to the present oversimplified conflict between economic and evolutionary progress and suggests instead a continuum embracing the full range of human views of nature.

The authors use a systematic analysis of well-known works of nonfiction literature (by such authors as Rachel Carson, Aldo Leopold, Barry Commoner, and Herman Daly) long neglected by literary, rhetorical, and cultural critics, as well as journalistic reports and stories, industry and activist polemics, government documents, textbooks, technical literature, and novels to show that rhetoric centered on the established dichotomy gives rise to ecospeak, which paralyzes instead of informing action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780809317509
Publisher:	Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date:	02/28/1991
Edition description:	1st Edition
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	1520L (what's this?)

About the Author

M. Jimmie Killingsworth is associate professor of English and director of Writing Programs at Texas A & M University.

Jacqueline S. Palmer is a research associate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A & M University.

Editorial Reviews

Teachers of English and science team up to analyze and help reverse the trend of both environmentalists and developmentalists to information-empty, ideologically inspired sloganeering. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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