Argumentation theory and the rhetoric of assent / edited by David Cratis Williams and Michael David Hazen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, David Cratis, 1955-

Hazen, Michael David, 1947-

Series:

Studies in rhetoric and communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensics (Public speaking)--Congresses.

Forensics (Public speaking).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 230 pages; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [1990]

Summary:

The themes of the essays in Argumentation Theory and the Rhetoric of Assent all coalesce around the general question: "When, if ever, is assent justified?" The question immediate triggers complex and multifaceted considerations of argument and, ultimately, power. In parsing out the nature of assent, the essays take divers approaches: aesthetic and symbolist, rationalistic and formalistic, field theory, various conceptualizations of a public sphere, etc. Together, they offer an insightful exploration of an exciting new terrain argumentation studies.

Notes:

Consists of papers thoroughly revised and heavily edited by original authors as well as editors after having been presented at two Wake Forest University argumentation conferences, held at Wake Forest in Nov. 1982 and Nov. 1984.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-219).

Includes index.

ISBN:

0817305092

OCLC:

21330967