The rhetoric of emerging nationalism: A case study in Irish rhetorical failure |
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| Authors: | Evelyn Shields |
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| Institution: | 1. Doctoral candidate in Speech Communication , University of Michigan;2. Assistant Professor of Speech , Denison University |
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| Abstract: | In the 1922 Irish general election campaign, the cause of self‐determination split itself into two opposing groups. While the factions argued, from apparently common ground, they were in reality much different and argued from separate universes of discourse. This polarization and the lack of traditionally democratic methods in the political arena made it difficult to bring about change rhetorically. |
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