Paul Ricoeur : tradition and innovation in rhetorical theory / Andreea Deciu Ritivoi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ritivoi, Andreea Deciu, 1970-

Series:

SUNY series, rhetoric in the modern era

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ricœur, Paul.

Rhetoric--Philosophy.

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

ix, 186 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006]

Summary:

This is the first book to systematically explore contemporary continental philosopher Paul Ricoeur's contribution to modern rhetorical theory. Andreea Deciu Ritivoi analyzes provocative test cases and investigates four topics central to the core vocabulary of the field-opinion, practical reasoning, commemoration, and solidarity. Her findings provide clarification on important problems and shed new light on troubling social and political issues. Placing Ricoeur's views in a larger intellectual context, Ritivoi identifies both the philosophical influences that have shaped them over the years and the correspondences with various relevant rhetorical theories. In doing so, she proves that a rhetorical enterprise refashioned with Ricoeur's help enables us to address questions that are crucially relevant to our time yet also grounded in the historical basis of the discipline.

Contents:

The vagrant scholar

Doxa

Practical reasoning

Epideictic

The polis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-171) and index.

"Bibliography of Paul Ricoeur's works": pages 173-182.

ISBN:

0791467473

0791467481

OCLC:

60348819

Publisher Number:

9780791467473

9780791467480