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Rights talk : the impoverishment of political discourse
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Rights talk : the impoverishment of political discourse

Author: Mary Ann Glendon
Publisher: New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan, ©1991.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Product description-- Political speech in the United States is undergoing a crisis. Glendon's acclaimed book traces the evolution of the strident language of rights in America and shows how it has captured the nation's devotion to individualism and liberty, but omitted the American traditions of hospitality and care for the community.
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Glendon, Mary Ann, 1938-
Rights talk.
New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan, c1991
(OCoLC)644061220
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Mary Ann Glendon
ISBN: 0029118255 9780029118252 0029118239 9780029118238
OCLC Number: 23582653
Description: xvi, 218 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The Land of rights --
The Illusion of absoluteness --
The Lone rights-bearer --
The Missing language of responsibility --
The Missing dimension of sociality --
Rights insularity --
Refining the rhetoric of rights.
Responsibility: Mary Ann Glendon.

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Product description-- Political speech in the United States is undergoing a crisis. Glendon's acclaimed book traces the evolution of the strident language of rights in America and shows how it has captured the nation's devotion to individualism and liberty, but omitted the American traditions of hospitality and care for the community.

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