The Shortcomings of Contemporary Political Rhetoric

Remembering Nyerere: Political Rhetoric and Dissent in Contemporary Tanzania

This article examines the changing uses of political rhetoric around the burial of Julius Nyerere in 1999. It argues that the ruling party uses rhetoric as a means of ‘soft power’, but also documents how this rhetoric, though geared towards legitimizing Nyerere’s successors, employed tropes that were rejected by some people and were used by others to critique leaders who were perceived to lack ...

An analysis of the Political Rhetoric of a Traditional Concept in Contemporary South Africa

Dislocated Rhetoric: The Anomaly of Political Theory

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The Idea of Politics in “political” Rhetoric

Th e author claims that analyses of “political discourse” or “political rhetoric” should be grounded in what it is that participants try to do politically with language. Words, actions, and events work together; words interpret events or actions, as well as constitute political facts, while actions in various ways help words gain their political effi cacy. Analyses of political rhetoric (or dis...

University autonomy: a matter of political rhetoric?

Modern universities have a diversity of missions and tasks, probably far too many. They are not only delivering qualifi ed teaching and learning in a wide range of areas and subjects and doing research, but are also collaborating in research and development with different organizations in society outside the university. They are also expected to provide a plethora of different services in the ‘...