Argumentation Theory And the Rhetoric of Assent

Informationen zum Autor David Cratis Williams is assistant professor of Speech Communication at the University of Missouri, Rolla. Michael David Hazen is professor of Speech Communication at Wake Forest University. Klappentext "An important collection [with] a wealth of insights.... In recent years, students of public argumentation have noted with growing dismay that the adjudicative role traditionally assigned to the public in a democracy seems to have diminished significantly. The essays in this book address the factors responsible for this paradoxical state of affairs and offer provocative suggestions for the reclamation of the public sphere for the public.... The volume is a spirited reaffirmation of argumentation's role in contemporary society." - Quarterly Journal of Speech" Zusammenfassung Contemporary essays address the central problem of power in assent rhetoric.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Cratis (EDT)/ Hazen Williams
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Hazen (Editore), Michael David Hazen (Editore), David Williams (Editore), David Cratis Williams (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.03.2006
• EAN: 9780817353353
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5335-3
• Pagine: 230
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Studies in Rhetoric and Commun; Studies in Rhetoric and Commun
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata