Chapter 2
The rhetorical presidency, presidential crisis rhetoric, and the American jeremiad
Article outline
- 2.1The rhetorical presidency
- 2.1.1Presidential power to persuade
- 2.1.2Traditional and modern presidency
- 2.2Presidential crisis rhetoric
- 2.2.1Presidential crisis rhetoric as a genre
- 2.2.2Narrating crisis: Metaphors, myths, and intertextuality
- 2.2.3Metaphor and crisis: How do metaphors function?
- 2.2.4Othering
- 2.3The American jeremiad
- 2.3.1The American jeremiad: America’s first distinct genre
- 2.3.2Biblical vs. American jeremiad: The mythology of mission
- 2.3.3The myth of American exceptionalism as root of the civil-religious jeremiad
- 2.3.4Civil religion and presidential rhetoric in times of crisis
- 2.3.5How do jeremiads function? Constructing a narrative between hope and fear
- 2.3.6Conclusions and working definitions: Modern jeremiads and jeremiadic speech
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