The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory - Couverture souple

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Allen, Ira

 
9780822965367: The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0822965364 ISBN 13 : 9780822965367
Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ira Allen is assistant professor of rhetoric, writing, and digital media studies at Northern Arizona University, and formerly assistant professor of rhetoric and composition at the American University of Beirut. He publishes regularly on rhetoric, democracy, ethics, and writing, and has translated works by Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin, and Werner Hamacher, among others.

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Éditeur
University of Pittsburgh Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0822965364
ISBN 13 
9780822965367
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
328
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