Reframing rhetoric : a liberal politics without dogma / George E. Yoos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoos, George E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

xvi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Contents:

Reification and empty abstraction

The apparent demise of liberalism

Liberalism as "good politics"

Direct elective and sub rosa politics

Wells of ignorance

Framing issues in politics : separation of church and state

Rights and responsibilities

Methodological liberalism and its limits

Liberalism and practical reason

Application of a liberal frame to family and children issues

Political argument and conservatism

Prudential conservatism

Utilitarian conservatism

Confucian conservatism

Rhetorical aims and modes : appeals and responses

The rhetoric of experts

Rhetoric of story telling and expository modes

Organization and arrangement : limitations in the use of frames and perspectives

Variety of logical appeals : appeals to logos

Ethical appeal : "person" as a forensic term

Truthfulness and lying and the conventions of advocacy

Authenticity and hypocrisy and the conventions of advocacy

Varieties of rhetorical criticism and the limits of interpretation

Difficulties in dealing with presumption

Deceptions, blunders, and confusions

Appendix: A taxonomy of rhetorical and logical flaws.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-274) and index.

ISBN:

1403984018

9781403984012

1403984026

9781403984029

OCLC:

80360408

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