Word: polemicism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although the replies of Mao's comrades are not generally included in these papers, there is evidence that this style of polemic has been characteristic of secret meetings. When Mao seemed taken aback by the criticism leveled at him during the stormy Lushan conference, Peng Teh-huai, who had...
Instead, Unruh by his narrative and personal dialogue in the interview seemed to be admitting his own errors, not those of the nation. His explanation was not a political polemic: it was a politician's admission that he had suffered under illusions which had led him to a faulty decision...
MORAL INDIGNATION over the "Song My Massacre" has welled up all across the country. Few scandals have served so many purposes for so many people. It provided Time and Newsweek with striking covers last week; it has sold record numbers of newspapers. Politicians are quietly incorporating it into their arsenals...
The Indignant Eye by Ralph E. Shilces. 439 pages. Beacon. $12.50. From Hieronymus Bosch to Picasso, the author explores the lives and times of famous artists and the hot issues that caused them to turn their hands to political cartoon, savage caricature and posterish polemic. Hundreds of black-and-white...
Memories of Zapruder. By definition Z is a polemic. The film plainly exaggerates the horrors of the present Greek scene. But it is a po'emic that was created, not just felt, partly by using dialogue that is more like lyrics than speech. According to traditionalist historians, there is...