Background
Edelman, Murray Jacob was born on November 5, 1919 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Kalman and Sadie (Wiesenberg) Edelman.
(Constructing the Political Spectacle Constructing the Pol...)
Constructing the Political Spectacle Constructing the Political Spectacle by Edelman, Murray J ( Author ) Paperback Mar- 1988 Paperback Mar- 15- 1988
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Thanks to the ready availability of political news today, informed citizens can protect and promote their own interests and the public interest more effectively. Or can they? Murray Edelman argues against this conventional interpretation of politics, one that takes for granted that we live in a world of facts and that people react rationally to the facts they know. In doing so, he explores in detail the ways in which the conspicuous aspects of the political scene are interpretations that systematically buttress established inequalities and interpretations already dominant political ideologies.
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( Murray Edelman holds a unique and distinguished positio...)
Murray Edelman holds a unique and distinguished position in American political science. For decades one of the few serious scholars to question dominant rational-choice interpretations of politics, Edelman looked instead to the powerful influence of signs, spectacles, and symbols—of culture—on political behavior and political institutions. His first, now classic, book, The Symbolic Uses of Politics, created paths of inquiry in political science, communication studies, and sociology that are still being explored today. In this book, Edelman continues his quest to understand the influence of perception on the political process by turning to the role of art. He argues that political ideas, language, and actions cannot help but be based upon the images and narratives we take from literature, paintings, film, television, and other genres. Edelman believes art provides us with models, scenarios, narratives, and images we draw upon in order to make sense of political events, and he explores the different ways art can shape political perceptions and actions to both promote and inhibit diversity and democracy. "Elegantly written. . . . He brilliantly contends that art helps create the images from which opinion-molders and citizens construct the social realities of politics."—Choice "It is perhaps the freshness with which he puts his case that is what makes From Art to Politics, as well as his other works, so challenging and invigorating."—Philip Abbott, Review of Politics
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For two decades, this is one of the most important and popular books in the field of political science. The new afterword is an invaluable addition to this classic.
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For two decades, this is one of the most important and popular books in the field of political science. The new afterword is an invaluable addition to this classic.
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The Politics of Misinformation is an examination of how concentrations of social and economic power result in public languages of politics that are necessarily image-based, vague, and misleading in their denial of undemocratic tendencies. As a result, public discourses of democracy tend to be populistic, emotional, and likely to emphasize images of progress rather than structural inequalities in their formulations of public problems. In short, neither typical problem definitions nor solutions invite critical popular understanding or involvement in democratic politics.
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Edelman, Murray Jacob was born on November 5, 1919 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Kalman and Sadie (Wiesenberg) Edelman.
Bachelor of Arts, Bucknell U., 1941; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1948.
Member faculty, University of Illinois, 1948-1966; professor political science, University of Illinois, 1958-1966; department chairman political science, University of Illinois, 1965-1966; professor political science, University of Wisconsin, since 1966; George Herbert Mead professor, University of Wisconsin, since 1972; WARF senior distinguished research professor, University of Wisconsin, 1984-1990; professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, since 1990.
(The Politics of Misinformation is an examination of how c...)
( Thanks to the ready availability of political news toda...)
(Constructing the Political Spectacle Constructing the Pol...)
(For two decades, this is one of the most important and po...)
(For two decades, this is one of the most important and po...)
( Murray Edelman holds a unique and distinguished positio...)
(Book by Edelman, Murray J)
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(Slight shelf wear. Some markings in pencil.)
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member American Political Science Association (vice president 1988-1989).
Married Bacia Stepner, June 15, 1952. Children: Lauren Beatrice, Judith Sybil, Sarah Miriam.