The ethical fantasy of rhetorical theory /Ira J. Allen.

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Allen, Ira J [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780822983422

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Electronic Books.

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PN183 .E845 2018

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Contents:

Fantasies of rhetorical theory -- Approaching rhetorical theory's truth -- Three points for rhetorical theory -- Modern rhetorical theory, one and all -- Modern rhetorical theory, acting symbolically -- Ethically approaching troubled freedom.

Subject: 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.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction. Presentation and rhetorical theory -- Fantasies of rhetorical theory -- Approaching rhetorical theory's truth -- Three points for rhetorical theory -- Modern rhetorical theory, one and all -- Modern rhetorical theory, acting symbolically -- Ethically approaching troubled freedom.

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.

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