The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory by Allen, Ira

The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822965367)

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The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory by Allen, Ira

The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory

$55.00
The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory by Allen, Ira

The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory

$55.00
Format: Paperback
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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, Cha? 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.

Author: Ira Allen
ISBN-10: 0822965364
ISBN-13: 9780822965367
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English
Published: 08/07/2018
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d

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By Ira Allen
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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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