This study analyzes the rhetorical uses of the authorizing figure during the Cuban revolution and Fidel Castro's use of Jose Marti, the civilian leader of the 1890s independence wars from Spain.
This study analyzes the rhetorical uses of the authorizing figure during the Cuban revolution and Fidel Castro's use of Jose Marti, the civilian leader of the 1890s independence wars from Spain. Donald Rice discusses how the authorizing figure defines and unifies the emerging revolutionary movement, contributes to the application of the sanctioning authority of the state, and legitimizes the revolutionary vision over time.
book by Donald E. Rice.
The rhetorical presidency is a political communication theory that describes the communication and government style of . presidents in the twentieth century. This theory describes the transition from a presidency that directed rhetoric toward the United States Congress and other government bodies, to one that addresses rhetoric, policy and ideas directly to the public.
Finally, authorizing figures are used to legitimate future goals
Finally, authorizing figures are used to legitimate future goals. Once Castro was entrenched in power, he mixed Marti’s vision of Cuba’s future with his own interpretation of what Cuba should look like. Marti’s anti-Americanism was transformed into Castro’s future goal to battle all im-perialism. 25Donald E. Rice, The Rhetoric of the Authorizing Figure: Fidel Castro and Jose Marti (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1992); Jason A. Edwards, Sanctioning Foreign Policy: The Rhetorical Uses of Harry Truman, Presidential Studies Quarterly 39 (2009): 454-472. 26Rice, The Rhetoric of the Authorizing Figure, 61. 27Rice, The Rhetoric of the Authorizing Figure, 126. 40 Edwards.
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Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro. The former President and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Fidel Castro died of natural causes at 22:29 (CST) in the evening of 25 November 2016. His brother, the then-President and current First Secretary Raúl Castro, made an announcement about his death on state television
Fidel Castro was the greatest and most human leader of the 20th Century. Love him or hate him, Castro has a deserved spot next to figures like Simon Bolivar, Emiliano Zapata, Evita Peron and Jose Marti who have defined and changed our hemisphere
Fidel Castro was the greatest and most human leader of the 20th Century. In this book, in presentation after presentation, Fidel embodies with burning passion the values of communion, courage, joy, humor, compassion, sorrow, remembrance, true justice and - perhaps most important of all - HONESTY. Love him or hate him, Castro has a deserved spot next to figures like Simon Bolivar, Emiliano Zapata, Evita Peron and Jose Marti who have defined and changed our hemisphere. It was about time a collection was published of his speeches, not least because some of Castro's fame resides in his skills as an orator.
Fidel Castro: world reacts to death of Cuban leader – live updates. Members of the Cuban delegation wave flags beneath portraits of the South American libertor Simón Bolívar and the Cuban national hero José Martí at the World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2006. Photograph: Fernando Llano/AP. That many still feel affection for El Jefe Máximo despite his ruinous economic policies is because he is judged more for his nationalist triumphs than his communist failures. Castro’s main inspiration was not Karl Marx, but José Martí, the 19th-century Cuban independence hero.
Sambra's book of essays, El Unico Marti: Principal Opositor a la Tirania de Castro (The Unique Marti: Principal Opponent to Castro's Tyranny), has . The rhetorical uses of the authorizing figure: Fidel Castro and Jose Marti. Praeger; Szulc, T. (1986). Fidel: A critical portrait.
Sambra's book of essays, El Unico Marti: Principal Opositor a la Tirania de Castro (The Unique Marti: Principal Opponent to Castro's Tyranny), has recently been published by La Otra Cuba, Mexico City. Sambra is currently Writer-in-Exile, York University, Toronto, Canada. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and imprisoned on February 14, 1993 for writing and distributing pamphlets against Fidel Castro during the 1992 Cuban elections.
One of the tools often used by a rhetor to motivate, solidify, and manage his constituency is the authorizing figure. While the referencing to historical figures is a common practice and frequently employed in the political realm, it takes on a special role in the inception, activation, and maintenance of social movements. This study analyzes the rhetorical uses of the authorizing figure during the Cuban revolution and Fidel Castro's use of Jose Marti, the civilian leader of the 1890s independence wars from Spain. Donald Rice discusses how the authorizing figure defines and unifies the emerging revolutionary movement, contributes to the application of the sanctioning authority of the state, and legitimizes the revolutionary vision over time.
These three uses provide the framework for the detailed analysis of Castro's discourse over the course of the revolution and its institutionalization, both representing and describing Castro's rehetorical strategy of using the past for present purposes. Chapter 1 is a discussion of the theoretical concepts of authority and authorization, which includes an explanation of the three-tiered approach used in the analysis. Chapter 2 gives a short history of Marti and a review of relevant Marti studies. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 contain the analyses of discourses relevant to Rice's established uses. Chapter 6, the concluding chapter, provides a synthesis of the preceding analyses and suggests areas of future research. These three uses provide the framework for the detailed analysis of Castro's discourse over the course of the revolution and its institutionalization, both representing and describing Castro's rhetorical strategy of using the past for present purposes.