Peaceful Persuasion: The Geopolitics of Nonviolent Rhetoric (SUNY series in Communication Studies)

Peaceful Persuasion......Page 2 Contents......Page 8 Tables and Figures......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Foreword......Page 18 Introduction......Page 22 INTRODUCTION......Page 26 THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK......Page 28 THE PROBLEM DEFINED......Page 29 TOOLS FOR ANALYZING NONVIOLENCE......Page 37 SUMMARY......Page 38 2. Rhetoric, Media, and Public Relations: Evolving Nonviolent Communication with Rhetorical Theory......Page 42 RHETORIC IN THE SERVICE OF SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 44 ENGAGING THE MEDIA RHETORICALLY......Page 45 PUBLIC RELATIONS AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT......Page 50 INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AND NONVIOLENCE......Page 51 DEFINING PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE AS ASPECTS OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION......Page 54 WHY PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE IS MISSING FROM THE SPEECH COMMUNICATION CURRICULUM......Page 57 A RATIONALE FOR TEACHING PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM......Page 60 SOME PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS......Page 69 REDISCOVERING NONVIOLENCE......Page 72 A NONVIOLENT READING OF FILM......Page 76 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NONVIOLENCE AND PACIFISM......Page 77 CRITICS’ REVIEWS......Page 80 STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE......Page 83 THE ISSUE OF “BELIEVABILITY” IN NONVIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE......Page 85 SOME CONCLUSIONS ABOUT NONVIOLENCE IN FILM......Page 93 5. The Politics of Nonviolent Pragmatism: Kiro Gligorov at the United Nations......Page 96 GLIGOROV THE PEACEMAKER......Page 97 THEORETICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF NONVIOLENT RHETORIC......Page 99 CROSS-CULTURAL RHETORIC AT THE UNITED NATIONS......Page 103 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 104 GLIGOROV’S RHETORICAL ACE: “THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO”......Page 109 ANALYSIS......Page 110 PROSPECTS FOR PEACE......Page 118 6. Nonviolence in Pink: The Visual Rhetoric of Aung San Suu Kyi......Page 122 ESSENTIALIZING AND NONVIOLENT THEORY......Page 123 PICTURE THEORY AND SPECTACLE......Page 124 AUNG SAN SUU KYI......Page 126 NONVIOLENT RHETORIC IN VISUAL FORM......Page 129 ENGENDERING DEMOCRACY......Page 140 CONCLUSION: METAPICTURES IN NONTERRITORIAL DEMOCRACY......Page 142 7. A Rhetorical Climate: The Power of Hope in Big Sky Country......Page 146 THE PROBLEM WITH SITUATION......Page 147 CLIMATE: CONCEPT DEFINITION AND SUPPORTING DATA......Page 156 “RHETORIC AS AWAY OF BEING”: THE EXPERIENCE OF HATE CRIMES......Page 158 THE CASE: A CHANGING CLIMATE IN BIG SKY COUNTRY......Page 162 DISCUSSION: UTILITY OF RHETORICAL CLIMATE CONSTRUCT......Page 176 CONCLUSION......Page 179 8. Conclusion: Toward a Theory of Nonviolent Rhetoric......Page 184 INFORMING RHETORICAL THEORY WITH NONVIOLENT THEORY......Page 185 TRANSFORMING PERCEPTIONS OF POSSIBLE PEACE THROUGH RHETORICAL MEANS......Page 197 CONCLUSION......Page 199 APPENDIX 1: Rhetoric and Nonviolence......Page 202 FORMS OF NONVIOLENT RHETORIC......Page 205 RHETORIC AS TRUE NONVIOLENT ACTION......Page 211 PRESUMED PEACEMAKERS......Page 215 APPENDIX 2: Address of Kiro Gligorov to the UN General Assembly, September 30, 1993 (Official UN Translation)......Page 222 APPENDIX 3: Early History of Macedonia......Page 228 CHAPTER 1......Page 230 CHAPTER 4......Page 231 CHAPTER 5......Page 233 CHAPTER 6......Page 237 CHAPTER 7......Page 243 CHAPTER 8......Page 252 APPENDIX 1......Page 254 APPENDIX 3......Page 256 Works Cited......Page 258 B......Page 276 C......Page 277 F......Page 278 H......Page 279 K......Page 280 N......Page 281 P......Page 283 R......Page 284 S......Page 285 W......Page 286 Z......Page 287 This remarkable book asserts that nonviolent rhetoric, largely overlooked until now, supports conflict transformation when applied to contemporary political communication. Ellen W. Gorsevski explores the pragmatic nonviolence of Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov, the visual rhetoric of Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, and an anti-racist campaign in Billings, Montana. In so doing, she establishes a foundation for theorizing how conflicts can be understood, prevented, managed, or reduced by employing peace-minded rhetorical means. Peaceful Persuasion highlights the great possibilities, as well as deep responsibilities, of rhetorical choices made on the geopolitical scene and uncovers the transformative potential of recognizing the social, cultural, and political value of nonviolence in fostering democracy. "This book asserts that nonviolent rhetoric, largely overlooked until now, supports conflict transformation when applied to contemporary political communication. Ellen W. Gorsevski explores the pragmatic nonviolence of Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov, the visual rhetoric of Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, and an anti-racist campaign in Billings, Montana. In so doing, she establishes a foundation for theorizing how conflicts can be understood, prevented, managed, or reduced by employing peace-minded rhetorical means. Peaceful Persuasion highlights the great possibilities, as well as deep responsibilities, of rhetorical choices made on the geopolitical scene and uncovers the transformative potential of recognizing the social, cultural, and political value of nonviolence in fostering democracy."--Jacket Ellen W. Gorsevski. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 233-250) And Index.