The war of words / Kenneth Burke ; edited by Anthony Burke, Kyle Jensen, and Jack Selzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993, author.

Contributor:

Burke, James Anthony, 1937- editor.

Jensen, Kyle, 1981- editor.

Selzer, Jack, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics (Philosophy).

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

viii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"When Kenneth Burke conceived his celebrated "Motivorum" project in the 1940s and 1950s, he envisioned it in three parts. While the third part, A Symbolic of Motives, remains unfinished and unpublished, A Grammar of Motives (1945) and A Rhetoric of Motives (1950) have become canonical theoretical documents. A Rhetoric of Motives was originally envisioned as a two-part book. Here is the until-now unpublished War of Words, the second volume of A Rhetoric of Motives. The War of Words brilliantly exposes and theorizes the rhetorical devices that sponsor war in the name of peace. Discouraging militarism during the Cold War even as it details a catalog of contemporary persuasive tactics and strategies, Burke's book exposes how popular news media outlets can, wittingly or not, foment international tensions and armaments during tumultuous political periods. Chapters include "The Devices," "Scientific Rhetoric," "The Rhetoric of Bureaucracy," and "The Rhetorical Situation," along with an introductory chapter from the editors and a short introduction by Burke himself. With The War of Words, Kenneth Burke's influence and scholarly importance continues to play a prominent role in the field of rhetoric and literary criticism today"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The war of words

Introduction

The devices

Scientific rhetoric

[Notes toward] the rhetoric of bureaucracy

[Notes toward] the rhetorical situation

Appendix 1 : facsimile of outline of "The rhetorical situation"

Appendix 2 : Foreword (to end on)

Appendix 3 : Facsimile of "Foreword (to end on)"

List of textual emendations, with explanatory notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Preceded by: Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993. Rhetoric of motives.

Other Format:

Online version: Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993. War of words.

ISBN:

9780520298101

0520298101

9780520298125

0520298128

OCLC:

1027808483