Rhetoric and the Republic - Politics, Civic Discourse, and Education in Early America

Contemporary efforts to revitalise the civic mission of higher education in America have revived an age-old republican tradition of teaching students to be responsible citizens, particularly through the study of rhetoric, composition, and oratory. This book examines the political, cultural, economic, and religious agendas that drove the various - and often conflicting - curricula and contrasting visions of what good citizenship entails.

Info autore

Mark Garrett Longaker is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. His articles, book reviews, and essays have appeared in Rhetorica, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Technical Communication Quarterly, Kenneth Burke Journal, Written Communication, New England Quarterly, and College English.

Riassunto

Casts a revealing light on modern cultural conflicts through the lens of rhetorical education.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mark Garrett Longaker
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.08.2013
• EAN: 9780817357597
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5759-7
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Rhetoric, Culture & Social Critique; Rhetoric Culture & Social Crit; Rhetoric, Culture, and Social; Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit; Rhetoric Culture & Social Crit; Rhetoric Culture and Social Cr; Rhetoric, Culture, and, Social Critique
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata