Examines the relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge, within the academy in general and composition studies in particular.
In this thought-provoking and gracefully written new book, Sidney Dobrin examines current debates over the relative value of theoretical and practical knowledges, both in the academy in general and in the discipline of rhetoric and composition. He explores arguments about whether theorizing is an appropriate mode of scholarly inquiry for a field that is primarily informed by practical knowledge, whether theory-building in general speaks to local concerns, and whether the production of theory in composition leads to scholarship that is more obfuscating than illuminating. Ultimately, Dobrin argues that theoretical investigation should be an indispensable form of knowledge-making in composition and that theory and practice must necessarily inform one another.
| ISBN: | 9780791433447 |
| Publication date: | 13th March 1997 |
| Author: | Sidney I Dobrin |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 181 pages |
| Genres: |
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics |
Examines the relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge, within the academy in general and composition studies in particular.
In this thought-provoking and gracefully written new book, Sidney Dobrin examines current debates over the relative value of theoretical and practical knowledges, both in the academy in general and in the discipline of rhetoric and composition. He explores arguments about whether theorizing is an appropriate mode of scholarly inquiry for a field that is primarily informed by practical knowledge, whether theory-building in general speaks to local concerns, and whether the production of theory in composition leads to scholarship that is more obfuscating than illuminating. Ultimately, Dobrin argues that theoretical investigation should be an indispensable form of knowledge-making in composition and that theory and practice must necessarily inform one another.
Constructing Knowledges features in the following genres: Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
Constructing Knowledges is available in Paperback, Hardback
Constructing Knowledges was written by Sidney I Dobrin and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Constructing Knowledges has 181 pages