Enough Said by Mark Thompson
Political rhetoric has become stale and the mistrust of politicians has made voters flock to populists who promise authenticity, honesty and truth instead of spin, evasiveness and lies. This book reveals how political, social and technological change has transformed our political landscape - and how we talk about the issues that affect us all.
[A] superb book… Thompson’s own experience in the media is brilliantly deployed throughout for insight… Thompson is a sharp and entertaining analyst of political language itself-- Steven Poole * Guardian *
He writes restlessly and compellingly… [An] intricately but also urgently argued book. -- John Lloyd * Financial Times *
Thompson’s great virtue in this book is his steady and cool-headed historicism… Thompson is lucid, well read, level-headed and thoughtful. His range of reference is wide…He has a robust familiarity with the history of scholarship on rhetoric, and scatters his text with easeful and on-point references to Max Weber, Martin Heidegger and Marshall McLuhan… The detail is excellent. Enough Said’s particular glories, to this reader, are Thompson’s frequent and sensitive close readings of particular instances of public language. -- Sam Leith * Prospect *
[An] important study ... [Thompson] usually advances his case in cool, nuanced and forensic prose, but he is a blistering flame-thrower about the consequences of the digital revolution. -- Andrew Rawnsley * Observer *
Ranging masterfully from Aristotle and Pericles to the age of Trump and Twitter, Mark Thompson makes the case for political rhetoric as a democratic art. This vividly-written, trenchant book is a much-needed antidote to the miasma of spin, incivility, and "truthiness" that afflicts politics today. -- Michael Sandel, author of What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
He writes restlessly and compellingly… [An] intricately but also urgently argued book. -- John Lloyd * Financial Times *
Thompson’s great virtue in this book is his steady and cool-headed historicism… Thompson is lucid, well read, level-headed and thoughtful. His range of reference is wide…He has a robust familiarity with the history of scholarship on rhetoric, and scatters his text with easeful and on-point references to Max Weber, Martin Heidegger and Marshall McLuhan… The detail is excellent. Enough Said’s particular glories, to this reader, are Thompson’s frequent and sensitive close readings of particular instances of public language. -- Sam Leith * Prospect *
[An] important study ... [Thompson] usually advances his case in cool, nuanced and forensic prose, but he is a blistering flame-thrower about the consequences of the digital revolution. -- Andrew Rawnsley * Observer *
Ranging masterfully from Aristotle and Pericles to the age of Trump and Twitter, Mark Thompson makes the case for political rhetoric as a democratic art. This vividly-written, trenchant book is a much-needed antidote to the miasma of spin, incivility, and "truthiness" that afflicts politics today. -- Michael Sandel, author of What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
Mark Thompson is CEO of the New York Times and has served as Chief Executive of Channel 4 and Director General of the BBC. In 2012 he was a visiting professor of rhetoric and the art of public persuasion at the University of Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099597681 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099597683 |
| Title | Enough Said |
| Author | Mark Thompson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2017-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Orwell Prize 2017 (UK) |
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