The Art of Rhetoric
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Nov 16, 2009 7:00 pm (Monday)
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Times: 19:00 In the year since Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, the visionary language which he used to inspire a nation has come under intense pressure. Do...
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Event details: The Art of Rhetoric
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Times: 19:00
In the year since Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, the visionary language which he used to inspire a nation has come under intense pressure. Does Obama's mastery of rhetoric conceal a lack of substance? Or are we too cynical about political language in the UK? Simon Schama, writer and commentator Polly Toynbee, former MP and renowned rhetorician Tony Benn take part in a discussion of the uses and abuses of language by politicians on both sides of the Atlantic, chaired by Lisa Appignanesi.
In the year since Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, the visionary language which he used to inspire a nation has come under intense pressure. Does Obama's mastery of rhetoric conceal a lack of substance? Or are we too cynical about political language in the UK? Simon Schama, writer and commentator Polly Toynbee, former MP and renowned rhetorician Tony Benn take part in a discussion of the uses and abuses of language by politicians on both sides of the Atlantic, chaired by Lisa Appignanesi.
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