Communication Ethics in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt's Rhetoric of Warning and Hope

Ronald C. Arnett

Communication Ethics in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt's Rhetoric of Warning and Hope
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Country
United States
Published
11 December 2012
Pages
328
ISBN
9780809331321

Communication Ethics in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt’s Rhetoric of Warning and Hope

Ronald C. Arnett

Renowned in the disciplines of political theory and philosophy, Hannah Arendt’s searing critiques of modernity continue to resonate in other fields of thought decades after she wrote them. In Communication Ethics in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt’s Rhetoric of Warning and Hope, author Ronald C. Arnett offers a groundbreaking examination of fifteen of Arendt’s major scholarly works, considering the German writer’s contributions to the areas of rhetoric and communication ethics for the first time.

Arnett focuses on Arendt’s use of the phrase ‘dark times’ to describe the mistakes of modernity, defined by Arendt as the post-Enlightenment social conditions, discourses, and processes ruled by principles of efficiency, progress, and individual autonomy. These principles, Arendt argues, have led humanity down a path of folly, banality, and hubris. Throughout his interpretive evaluation, Arnett illuminates the implications of Arendt’s persistent metaphor of ‘dark times’ and engages the question, How might communication ethics counter the tenets of dark times and their consequences?

A compelling study of Hannah Arendt’s most noteworthy works and their connections to the fields of rhetoric and communication ethics, Communication Ethics in Dark Times provides an illuminating introduction for students and scholars of communication ethics and rhetoric, and a tool with which experts may discover new insights, connections, and applications to these fields.

This item is not currently in-stock. It can be ordered online and is expected to ship in approx 4 weeks

Our stock data is updated periodically, and availability may change throughout the day for in-demand items. Please call the relevant shop for the most current stock information. Prices are subject to change without notice.

Sign in or become a Readings Member to add this title to a wishlist.