TY - JOUR
T1 - Demophilia
T2 - A discursive counter to demophobia in the early republic
AU - Engels, Jeremy
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - The term "democracy" is ambivalent-in the history of the United States, it has played both god term and devil term, and inspired both sacrifice and trembling. Robert L. Ivie has mapped the discourse by which American policy elites have said "no" to democracy-the rhetoric of "demophobia." This essay complements his analysis by mapping the discourse by which Americans began to say "yes" to democracy during President Thomas Jefferson's administration-the rhetoric of "demophilia." Understood as a discursive formation, demophilia creates space for rhetoric and deliberation that is closed by demophobia. In the process, demophilia disciplines democracy by producing deliberative subjects properly attuned to civil speech.
AB - The term "democracy" is ambivalent-in the history of the United States, it has played both god term and devil term, and inspired both sacrifice and trembling. Robert L. Ivie has mapped the discourse by which American policy elites have said "no" to democracy-the rhetoric of "demophobia." This essay complements his analysis by mapping the discourse by which Americans began to say "yes" to democracy during President Thomas Jefferson's administration-the rhetoric of "demophilia." Understood as a discursive formation, demophilia creates space for rhetoric and deliberation that is closed by demophobia. In the process, demophilia disciplines democracy by producing deliberative subjects properly attuned to civil speech.
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U2 - 10.1080/00335630.2011.560178
DO - 10.1080/00335630.2011.560178
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79957890944
SN - 0033-5630
VL - 97
SP - 131
EP - 154
JO - Quarterly Journal of Speech
JF - Quarterly Journal of Speech
IS - 2
ER -