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The rhetoric of enmity

Professor Rodney Barker · Gresham College

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About

"You may tell a lady by the company she keeps." But you may tell political leaders by the company they shun. Their descriptions of enemies are a way of telling stories about themselves. The use of accounts of enemies from the Reformation to the 'war on terror'.

The talk

  1. The rhetoric of enmity 2007-10-01 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Rodney Barker
Year
2007
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics, Philosophy
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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