Rhetorical citizenship, what is it? The concept in our curriculum notes that individuals are able to express their desires, expectations and beliefs in order to recognize and address public problems. He defines a good citizen in the “Phantom Public” of Lippmann as one who is all professional or all informed.
He thinks that a citizen’s ideal position is one where he is conscious of something in the world, and he knows enough of the issue or circumstance that he can express a well-considered opinion. The problem with this theory is that the average citizen is concerned doing it every day in order to take care of the problems of the world.
The issue of slavery became the over-riding cause of sectionalism, which inturn lead to the Civil War. This was validated by historians like James M M. Mcpherson Slavery is central to the creation of sections. and, to a degree, B. Catton It [Slavery] was not the cause of the war but unquestionably the one cause … Read more
Afrikaans and English are the official languages. Afrikaans, derived from Dutch, is the mother tongue of the Afrikaners and the principal language of the Coloreds. More Afrikaners are bilingual than English-speakers. Most urban blacks speak English and Afrikaans in addition to their native language. The Bantu languages are not mutually intelligible. Many blacks speak Fanakalo, … Read more
The Jews are a people who trace their descent from the biblical Israelites and who are united by the religion called Judaism. They are not a race; Jewish identity is a mixture of ethnic, national, and religious elements. An individual may become part of the Jewish people by conversion to Judaism; but a born Jew … Read more