Rhetoric in the Human Sciences
(Part of the Inquiries in Social Construction Series)
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Scholars of every sort inevitably make stylistic choices, name and frame issues, appeal to communal values, adapt arguments to ends, audiences and circumstances. Yet the myth persists that good′ scholarship consists of hard fact and cold logic, devoid of all rhetoric; that the assent given to scholarly claims is somehow independent of the language used to communicate and defend them.
Rhetoric in the Human Sciences demonstrates that the rhetorical dimensions of scholarly discourse can no longer be ignored. The authors illustrate the usefulness of rhetorical theory, bringing its tools and perspectives to bear on such diverse subjects as language acquisition, television viewing, ethnographic writing, psychotherapy, jur
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0803981783
ISBN13:9780803981782
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
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