James Darsey
Biographic Data
| ID | 5596877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Darsey |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Darsey |
| SIGNATURE | DARSEY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America
This expansive volume traces the rhetoric of reform across American history, examining such pivotal periods as the American Revolution, slavery, McCarthyism, and today's gay liberation movement. At a time when social movements led by religious leaders, from Louis Farrakhan to Pat Buchanan, are playing a central role in American politics, James Darsey connects this radical tradition with its prophetic roots. Public discourse in the West is derived…
Road-Tripping on Route 66
Martin Medhurst mourns the disappearance from the pages of QJS of four areas of scholarship. In response, I argue: (1) that publication in some of these areas is more robust than ever, simply having moved to other venues; (2) that some of these areas never demonstrated the disciplinary value Medhurst attributes to them; (3) that the disappearance of some of these areas is a necessary product of disciplinary evolution; (4) and that QJS, 100 years …
The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America
Journal Article The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America. By James Darsey. (New York: New York University Press, 1997. xii, 279 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8147-1876-0.) Get access Robert H. Craig Robert H. Craig College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1998, Pages 634–635, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567765 …
Joe McCarthy's fantastic moment
Though remarkably unsuccessful in unmasking Communist conspirators, Joe McCarthy left a powerful legacy as a great demagogue and witchhunter, a legacy that continues to haunt political discourse today. This essay seeks to explain the power of McCarthy's rhetoric and its apparent resistance to exorcism by historical fact through the literary genre of fantasy. McCarthy, in this view, could not be discredited or argued against because he took no pos…
The legend of Eugene debs
Eugene Debs, widely acknowledged as one of America's foremost radical figures, spoke at a time when the agrarian “ethos of responsibility” was eroding under the pressures of industrialization. In response, Debs fostered a legend that was heavily ethical and called for a renewal of American virtue. Though his radicalism, viewed from the Graeco‐Roman tradition of Quintilian's “good man speaking well,” seems perversely calculated to ensure defeat an…
The legend of Eugene debs
Eugene Debs, widely acknowledged as one of America's foremost radical figures, spoke at a time when the agrarian “ethos of responsibility” was eroding under the pressures of industrialization. In response, Debs fostered a legend that was heavily ethical and called for a renewal of American virtue. Though his radicalism, viewed from the Graeco‐Roman tradition of Quintilian's “good man speaking well,” seems perversely calculated to ensure defeat an…
Joe McCarthy's fantastic moment
Though remarkably unsuccessful in unmasking Communist conspirators, Joe McCarthy left a powerful legacy as a great demagogue and witchhunter, a legacy that continues to haunt political discourse today. This essay seeks to explain the power of McCarthy's rhetoric and its apparent resistance to exorcism by historical fact through the literary genre of fantasy. McCarthy, in this view, could not be discredited or argued against because he took no pos…
The legend of Eugene debs
Eugene Debs, widely acknowledged as one of America's foremost radical figures, spoke at a time when the agrarian “ethos of responsibility” was eroding under the pressures of industrialization. In response, Debs fostered a legend that was heavily ethical and called for a renewal of American virtue. Though his radicalism, viewed from the Graeco‐Roman tradition of Quintilian's “good man speaking well,” seems perversely calculated to ensure defeat an…
Joe McCarthy's fantastic moment
Though remarkably unsuccessful in unmasking Communist conspirators, Joe McCarthy left a powerful legacy as a great demagogue and witchhunter, a legacy that continues to haunt political discourse today. This essay seeks to explain the power of McCarthy's rhetoric and its apparent resistance to exorcism by historical fact through the literary genre of fantasy. McCarthy, in this view, could not be discredited or argued against because he took no pos…
The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America
Journal Article The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America. By James Darsey. (New York: New York University Press, 1997. xii, 279 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8147-1876-0.) Get access Robert H. Craig Robert H. Craig College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1998, Pages 634–635, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567765 …
Road-Tripping on Route 66
Martin Medhurst mourns the disappearance from the pages of QJS of four areas of scholarship. In response, I argue: (1) that publication in some of these areas is more robust than ever, simply having moved to other venues; (2) that some of these areas never demonstrated the disciplinary value Medhurst attributes to them; (3) that the disappearance of some of these areas is a necessary product of disciplinary evolution; (4) and that QJS, 100 years …
The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America
This expansive volume traces the rhetoric of reform across American history, examining such pivotal periods as the American Revolution, slavery, McCarthyism, and today's gay liberation movement. At a time when social movements led by religious leaders, from Louis Farrakhan to Pat Buchanan, are playing a central role in American politics, James Darsey connects this radical tradition with its prophetic roots. Public discourse in the West is derived…
American Constitutional Law and Politics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works)