In:Words of Crisis as Words of Power: The jeremiad in American presidential speeches
Marta Neüff
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 77] 2018
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Published online: 24 May 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.77.toc
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Table of contents
Acknowledgments
vii
List of tables
ix
List of figures
xi
Chapter 1.Introduction
1
Chapter 2.The rhetorical presidency, presidential crisis rhetoric, and the American jeremiad
17
2.1The rhetorical presidency
17
2.1.1presidential power to persuade
17
2.1.2Traditional and modern presidency
19
2.2Presidential crisis rhetoric
22
2.2.1Presidential crisis rhetoric as a genre
25
2.2.2Narrating crisis: Metaphors, myths, and intertextuality
29
2.2.3Metaphor and crisis: How do metaphors function?
31
2.2.4Othering
35
2.3The American jeremiad
36
2.3.1The American jeremiad: America’s first distinct genre
38
2.3.2Biblical vs. American jeremiad: The mythology of mission
40
2.3.3The myth of American exceptionalism as root of the civil-religious jeremiad
42
2.3.4Civil religion and presidential rhetoric in times of crisis
46
2.3.5How do jeremiads function? Constructing a narrative between hope and fear
47
2.3.6Conclusions and working definitions: Modern jeremiads and jeremiadic speech
49
Chapter 3.Crisis rhetoric and the tradition of the jeremiad in 21st century U.S. American presidential speechmaking: Analysis of President George W. Bush’s and President Barack Obama’s speeches
53
3.19/11 as new American jeremiad?: Analysis of President George W. Bush’s speeches following the September 11 terrorist attacks
53
3.1.1Contextualization of the Events
53
3.1.2Analysis of George W. Bush’s speeches following the September 11 attacks
67
3.1.3Conclusions on President George W. Bush’s post 9/11 crisis rhetoric
170
3.2Presidential speeches in times of environmental disaster: Analysis of President George W. Bush’s and Barack Obama’s environmental crisis speeches
175
3.2.1Contextualization of the events
175
3.2.2Analysis of President George W. Bush’s speeches on Hurricane Katrina
186
3.2.3Analysis of President Barack Obama’s speeches on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
217
3.2.4Comparisons of and conclusions on President Bush’s and President Obama’s environmental crisis rhetoric
258
3.3Framing the global economic downturn: Analysis of President G. W. Bush’s and B. Obama’s speeches on the financial crisis
261
3.3.1Contextualization of the events
262
3.3.2Analysis of President George W. Bush’s speeches on the financial and economic crisis
274
3.3.3Analysis of President Barack Obama’s speeches on the financial and economic crisis
297
3.3.4Comparisons and conclusions on President Bush’s and President Obama’s economic crisis rhetoric
322
Chapter 4.Comparisons, conclusions, and implications
327
Bibliography
339
Appendix
375
Index
399
