Description:
1. "Right Makes Might" is a collection of articles on proverbs and American politics by world-renowned proverb expertand folklorist, Wolfgang Mieder.
2. The book covers historical and contemporary use of proverbs by American politicians and is particularly timely and relevant given the inclusion of essays on Barak Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders.
3. The essays in this collection work together as a collection, but can also be read alone in order to support course adoption. Each chapter has its one list of references so that they can be copied and used in classes in the humanities and social sciences.
Review Quotes:
"This is a powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore and a fine addition to Mieder's oeuvre."--Choice
"Wolfgang Mieder has offered us yet another outstanding contribution to proverb studies and, in particular, to one of its very important aspects: how proverbs have helped shape and still continue to shape the worldview of a people, i.e. their culture."--Roumyana Petrova, University of Rousse