Character, the constitution, and the ideological embodiment of “civil rights” in the 1967 nomination of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9237282
AutoresTrevor Parry‐Giles (0000-0002-8222-0984, Saint Ambrose University, autor correspondente)
Ano1996
Volume82
Fascículo4
Páginas364-382
Data de publicação1996-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQuarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00335639609384163
OpenAlexW2089604977
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas41

The U.S. Constitution is, among various confluent motives, a characterological document that motivates the image‐based politics characteristic of contemporary confirmation controversies. This essay suggests that this motive results in the embodiment of ideology in the characters who dominate American public life. An illustrative example is the 1967 confirmation debate regarding the nomination of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. In this debate, Marshall embodied opposing conceptions of “civil rights” for both opponents and supporters of his nomination. Ultimately, I maintain that such ideological embodiment may democratize and problematize ideological debate by allowing for more polysemous readings of public discourse

Aesthetics · Character (mathematics) · Civil rights · Constitution · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ideology · Nomination · Political science · Politics · Public life · Sociology · Supreme court · American Political and Social Dynamics · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies