[This book] engages many of the theory's important statements and persistent problems, and offers a ... reformulation of discursive agency by drawing on the tradition of rhetorie. [The book offers] contribution to both political and rhetorical studies.-Dust jacket.
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"In their efforts to uncover the principles of a robust conception of democracy, theorists of deliberative democracy place a premium on the role of political expression - public speech and reasoned debate - as the key to democratic processes. They also frequently hark back to hi…
"There is a Myth - easily shattered - that Western societies since the Enlightenment have been dedicated to the ideal of protecting the differences between individuals and groups, and another - too readily accepted - that before the rise of secularism in the modern period, intol…