{"product_id":"inarticulate-society-tom-shachtman-9781416576792","title":"Inarticulate Society: Eloquence and Culture in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eThomas Schachtman, author of \u003ci\u003eSkyscraper Dreams, \u003c\/i\u003eapproaches the muddy, intolerant world of political conversation through the belief that Americans have lost the ability to respond and argue differing points of view without coming swiftly to blows. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsidering the rising tide of political violence in America and the hateful and intolerant speech that appears to incite it, Thomas Schachtman argues that political debates are in danger of moving from the Senate chamber to the streets, taking the social stability needed for a working democracy with it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlaming this decline on the jargon used by specialists in the professions and academia in order to distinguish superiority over common citizens, Schachtman proposes a concrete, multifaceted program for rehabilitating eloquence through the constructive use of media in combination with political and educational reform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Shachtman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416576797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416576792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Tom Shachtman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064648790271,"sku":"9781416576792","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5efdc49-2ee4-4487-b9ed-20788d384c8e.jpg?v=1685396724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inarticulate-society-tom-shachtman-9781416576792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}