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The Inarticulate Society by Thomas Shachtman (1995, Hardcover) 
The Inarticulate Society by Thomas Shachtman (1995, Hardcover)

 
The Inarticulate Society by Thomas Shachtman (1995, Hardcover)

Publisher: Free Pr
Publication Date: 1995-03-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0029283752
ISBN-13: 9780029283752
Product ID: EPID15395
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Publication Date:1995-03-01

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Height:9.5 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:20.8 oz

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In The Inarticulate Society, Thomas Shachtman persuasively argues that Americans have lost the ability to respond to other points of view - to argue - without coming swiftly to blows. His case is forcefully punctuated by the rising tide of political violence in America and the hateful and intolerant speech that appears to incite it. We are in danger of moving our political debates from the Senate chamber to the streets, in the process of losing the social stability needed for a working democracy. Shachtman pins the blame for this decline on the jargon-spouting "specialists" in the professions and academia, who use parochial vocabulary to erect linguistic barriers between themselves and "ordinary" citizens; on teachers who are barely articulate themselves; on the pervasiveness of popular entertainment geared to the lowest common denominator; on insipid advertising and marketing campaigns that deliberately bypass reason to appeal to emotions; and especially on our political leaders who find it easier to play the demagogue than to give substantive explanations of policy choices. Shachtman proposes a concrete, multifaceted program for rehabilitating eloquence through the constructive use of media together with political and educational reform.

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"A provocative examination of the American way with words that ranges from the early 19th century...to today's disaster news coverage, with its inescapable cast of 'distraught and tounge-tied victims, inchoate bystanders, and monosyllabic policemen.'"
Wall Street Journal - Florence King (07/31/1995)

"Our inability to use language articulately has consequences beyond mere aesthetics, says Shachtman. It threatens the very survival of democracy, since that institution demands vigorous participation by the electorate in the marketplace of ideas. Our loss of analytic capacity makes us easy prey for Big Brother and his Orwellian gang."
Washington Post Book World - Robin Tolmach Lakoff (07/30/1995)

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