Chi Luu, The Mysterious Mana of Speaking, from Lingua Obscura.
"The ongoing public debate over the recent Brett Kavanaugh hearings might suggest there’s a lot to learn about how power, particularly the power of speaking, can persuade us one way or another. Do we tend to blindly believe and support someone because powerful, authoritative, or prestigious forces vouch for and protect that person? Or do we look for other signals to indicate credibility?"
Read more here at JSTOR.
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