{"product_id":"the-ethical-fantasy-of-rhetorical-ira-allen-9780822965367","title":"The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory","description":"Despite its centrality to its field, there is no consensus regarding what rhetorical theory is and why it matters. \u003ci\u003eThe Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ira Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822965364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822965367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019","brand":"Ira Allen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980626329855,"sku":"9780822965367","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e7b3d4b3-7809-4064-8c10-e499dfe7b95c.jpg?v=1683250988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ethical-fantasy-of-rhetorical-ira-allen-9780822965367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}