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.
| ISBN: | 9780822965367 |
| Publication date: | 7th August 2018 |
| Author: | Ira J Allen |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 328 pages |
| Series: | Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture |
| Genres: |
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Language learning: writing skills Creative writing and creative writing guides |
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.
The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory features in the following genres: Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Language learning: writing skills, Creative writing and creative writing guides
The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory is available in Paperback
The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory was written by Ira J Allen and published by University of Pittsburgh Press
The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory has 328 pages
Yes it is part of Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture series
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