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Heisey, D. Ray; Trebing, J. David – Communication Monographs, 1986
Argues that the legitimacy crisis in Iran in 1978-79 arose from the contrasting views of authority espoused by the Shah and the Ayatollah over 25 years and describes how their rhetoric expresses the two impulses of the progressive and the traditionalist orientation of authority. Employs a critical perspective to analyze various rhetorical…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Persuasive Discourse