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Borchardt, Frank Louis was born on November 16, 1938 in New York City. Son of Hermann and Dorothea (Redmer) Borchardt.
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Doomsday Speculation As a Strategy of Persuasion A Study of Apocalypticism as Rhetoric
(Examines Doomsday predictions as a rhetorical ploy, argui...)
Examines Doomsday predictions as a rhetorical ploy, arguing that assertions regarding the imminent "End of the or a World" represent a means of coercion to get others (or the world) to do something or stop doing something. Focuses on (1) the rhetorical dimension of the doom-sayers' predictions, and (2) the special logic of the doom-sayer. Observes how the seemingly outward-directed argument reverts to the self, concluding that predicting doom appears to be objective and to apply to the outside world, but is ultimately subjective, self-serving, and self-centered.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0779942868/?tag=2022091-20
Doomsday Speculation As a Strategy of Persuasion: A Study of Apocalypticism As Rhetoric (Studies in Comparative Religion)
(A study examining Doomsday predictions as a rhetorical pl...)
A study examining Doomsday predictions as a rhetorical ploy, this text argues that assertions regarding the imminent "End of the (or a) World" represent a means of coercion to get others (or the world) to do something or stop doing something. The work focuses on the rhetorical dimension of the doom-sayers' predictions and the special logic of the doomsayer. The author observes how the seemingly outward-directed argument reverts to the self, concluding that predicting doom appears to be objective and to apply to the outside world, but is ultimately subjective, self-serving, and self-centered.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0889465061/?tag=2022091-20
- German Antiquity in Renaissance Myth (Book by Borchardt, Frank L.)
Frank Louis Borchardt
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Education
AB, St. Peter's College, Jersey City, 1960. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1965.
Career
Assistant professor German Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1965-1968. Assistant professor German and Comperative Literature Queens College, New York, 1968-1971. Professor Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1972—2007, chairman Department Germanic Languages & Literature, 1982—1991.
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Doomsday Speculation As a Strategy of Persuasion: A Study of Apocalypticism As Rhetoric (Studies in Comparative Religion)
(A study examining Doomsday predictions as a rhetorical pl...)
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Doomsday Speculation As a Strategy of Persuasion A Study of Apocalypticism as Rhetoric
(Examines Doomsday predictions as a rhetorical ploy, argui...)
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German Antiquity in Renaissance Myth
(Book by Borchardt, Frank L.)
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Doomsday Speculation As a Strategy of Persuasion: A Study of Apocalypticism As Rhetoric (Studies in Comparative Religion)
Membership
Member Calico Computer Assisted Learning and Instruction Consortium (executive director), Renaissance Society of America, Phi Beta Kappa.
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Republican
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1960
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1962
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1965
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1965 - 1968
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1968 - 1971
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1972 - 2007