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Deliberative acts : democracy, rhetoric, and rights

This book offers a theory of performative deliberation, arguing that speech acts, performances, and performatives constitute citizens, agency, and events. Through analysis of human rights conflicts, it reveals difference's productivity and necessity as it demonstrates the power of performative theory. -- Provided by publisher

eBook, English, 2013
Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa., 2013