Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity
Author | : Nancy S. Struever |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2011-08-22 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781459627208 |
ISBN-10 | : 1459627202 |
Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity by : Nancy S. Struever
Download or read book Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity written by Nancy S. Struever and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since antiquity, philosophy and rhetoric have traditionally been cast as rivals, with the former often lauded as a search for logical truth and the latter usually disparaged as empty speech. But in this erudite intellectual history, Nancy S. Struever stakes out a claim for rhetoric as the more productive form of inquiry. Struever views rhetoric ...