"e;Right Makes Might"e; (eBook)
398 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-04037-4 (ISBN)
1. "Right Makes Might" is a collection of articles on proverbs and American politics by world-renowned proverb expertand folklorist, Wolfgang Mieder.
2. The book covers historical and contemporary use of proverbs by American politicians and is particularly timely and relevant given the inclusion of essays on Barak Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders.
3. The essays in this collection work together as a collection, but can also be read alone in order to support course adoption. Each chapter has its one list of references so that they can be copied and used in classes in the humanities and social sciences.
"e;A powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore."e; -ChoiceIn 1860, Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb Right makes might-opposite of the more aggressive Might makes right-in his famed Cooper Union address. While Lincoln did not originate the proverb, his use of it in this critical speech indicates that the fourteenth century phrase had taken on new ethical and democratic connotations in the nineteenth century. In this collection, famed scholar of proverbs Wolfgang Mieder explores the multifaceted use and function of proverbs through the history of the United States, from their early beginnings up through their use by such modern-day politicians as Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Bernie Sanders. Building on previous publications and unpublished research, Mieder explores sociopolitical aspects of the American worldview as expressed through the use of proverbs in politics, women's rights, and the civil rights movement-and by looking at the use of proverbial phrases, Mieder demonstrates how one traditional phrase can take on numerous expressive roles over time, and how they continue to play a key role in our contemporary moment.
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Wolfgang Mieder is University Distinguished Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont. He is the founding editor of Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship. His most recent books include Behold the Proverbs of a People: Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics and "Entkernte Weisheiten": Modifizierte Sprichwörter in Literatur, Medien und Karikaturen.
Verlagsort | Bloomington |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 160 mm |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Schlagworte | Abigail Adams • Abraham Lincoln • American • anti-proverb • barack obama • Bernie Sanders • Bill Clinton • Civil Rights • Clinton • contradictory proverb pair • democratic socialist • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Frederick Douglass • Germany • Government • Harry S. Truman • hillary rodham clinton • Human Rights • Indiana University Press • IUP • IU Press • Jimmy Carter • John Adams • John Lewis • Jr. • Marshall Plan • Martin Luther King • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Mieder • Paremiology • Politician • Politics • Polygenesis • proverb • proverbial expression • rhetoric • Richard Nixon • "Right Makes Might" • "Right Makes Might": Proverbs and the American Worldview • Susan B. Anthony • United States • Values • Variant • Wolfgang Mieder • Women’s rights • women’s suffrage • Worldview |
ISBN-10 | 0-253-04037-X / 025304037X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-04037-4 / 9780253040374 |
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