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<P>Examines Transcendentalism as a distinct rhetorical genre concerned primarily and self-consciously with questions of power</P><P>Nathan Crick has crafted a new critical rhetorical history of American Transcendentalists that interprets a selection of their major works between the years 1821 and 1852 as political and ethical responses to the growing crises of their times. In The Keys of Power, Crick argues that one of the most enduring legacies of the Transcendentalist movement is the multifaceted understanding of transcendental eloquence as a distinct rhetorical genre concerned primarily and self-consciously with questions of power.</P><P>Crick examines the Transcendentalist understanding of how power is constituted in both th self and in society, conceptualizing the relationships among technology, nature, language, and identity, critiquing the ethical responsibilities to oneself, the other, and the state, and defining and ultimately praising the unique role that art, action, persuasion, and ideas have in the transformation of the structure of political culture over historical time.</P><P>What is offered hereis not a comprehensive genealogy of ideas, a series of individual biogra

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Author

Benson, Thomas W.;Crick, Nathan

Publisher

The University of South Carolina Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781611177794

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Language Learning, Humanities