Sentence examples for of a polemic from inspiring English sources

Scrupulously apolitical, "The Waiting Room" is the opposite of a polemic like Michael Moore's "Sicko".

The vulgar titles of these works were part of a polemic.

It turns into something of a polemic once it reaches the digital era, but you can understand Milner's frown.

In a way, the author of a polemic on marijuana policy suffers from the odd case of having too many facts on his side.

"Berlin Brouhaha" (Arts Briefing, Aug. 25) reduces my discussion of the "MoMA in Berlin" exhibition to the status of a polemic.

Initially, Brennan tells me, the full-length play was something of a polemic, ending with a manifesto from the newly politicised Amy.

To him, a map is a "social construction," a "thick text," a "redescription of reality," a "silent arbiter of power," a "polemic," a "manifesto for a set of beliefs about the world," or a "text of power".

But Björk managed to avoid the appearance of writing against her audience, of launching a polemic against mainstream popular music.

In On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic, Nietzsche argues that the concept of evil arose from the negative emotions of envy, hatred, and resentment (he uses the French term ressentiment to capture an attitude that combines these elements).

On the Genealogy of Morals, A Polemic (Zur Genealogie der Moral, Eine Streitschrift, 1887) is composed of three sustained essays that advance the critique of Christianity expressed in Beyond Good and Evil.

Perry acknowledged his exploitation of the decorative appeal of his pots, describing them as a "guerrilla tactic" under the cover of which "a polemic or an ideology" waited to be discovered.