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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
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Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Presentation and rhetorical theory -- Fantasies of rhetorical theory -- Approaching rhetorical theory's truth -- Three points for rhetorical theory -- Modern rhetorical theory, one and all -- Modern rhetorical theory, acting symbolically -- Ethically approaching troubled freedom. |
| Summary |
Despite its centrality to its field, there is no consensus regarding what rhetorical theory is and why it matters. The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory presents a critical examination of rhetorical theory throughout history, in order to develop a unifying vision for the field. Demonstrating that theorists have always been skeptical of yet committed to "truth" (however fantastic), Ira Allen develops rigorous notions of truth and of a "troubled freedom" that spring from rhetoric's depths. In a sweeping analysis from the sophists Aristotle, and Cicero through Kenneth Burke, Chaïm Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyceta, and contemporary scholars in English, communication, and rhetoric's other disciplinary homes, Allen offers a novel definition of rhetorical theory: as the self-consciously ethical study of how humans and other symbolic animals negotiate constraints. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rhetoric -- History.
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Rhetoric. |
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History. |
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Communication.
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Communication. |
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Symbolism in communication.
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Symbolism in communication. |
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Language and culture.
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Language and culture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| ISBN |
9780822983422 (electronic book) |
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0822983427 (electronic book) |
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9780822965367 |
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