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The Politics of Rhetoric: Richard M. Weaver and the Conservative Tradition - Hardcover
by Bernard K. Duffy (Author), Martin Jacobi (Author)
Richard M. Weaver (1910-1963) was one of the leading rhetoricians of the 1950s, whose philosophical and pedagogical writings helped revitalize interest in rhetoric. His rhetorical contributions are difficult to separate from his conservative stances on social and political issues; and, indeed, he espoused the cultural role of rhetoric, conceiving of his intellectual task as one of reinventing a philosophical conservatism and employing rhetorical theory to oppose liberalism and modernism. Today, his politics would be viewed as extreme by liberals, feminists, and civil libertarians; on the other hand, his theories laid the philosophical groundwork for contemporary American political conservatism, and his argumentation on a number of social issues remains pertinent.
This first full-length study of Weaver examines the relationship between his rhetorical theory and his cultural views, focusing on the rhetorical insights---for instance, his conception of language as sermonic, its function being to influence others to think and act according to the speaker's moral precepts and, ideally, to convey the abiding truth of a culture. Authors Duffy and Jacobi advance the idea that Weaver was at his best as an epideictic rhetor, engaged in the celebration of abstract values, and at his worst as a forensic rhetor, pleading conservative causes with no more than the pretense of impartiality. Based largely on primary materials but with adroit application of previous criticism, this work will be valuable for a wide range of research specialties in rhetoric and public address.Author Biography
BERNARD K. DUFFY is Professor of Speech Communication at California Polytechnic State University. He is coeditor, with Halford Ross Ryan, of American Orators of the Twentieth Century: Critical Studies and Sources and American Orators before 1900: Critical Studies and Sources (both Greenwood Press, 1987) and, with Ryan serves as adviser for Greenwood's Great American Orators series. His articles have appeared in various journals relating to rhetoric, philosophy, and history.
MARTIN JACOBI is Associate Professor of English at Clemson University. He is coeditor with Michael G. Moran, of Research in Basic Writing: A Bibliographic Sourcebook (Greenwood Press, 1990) and has published numerous articles on composition and writing as well as literary criticism.CrossSelling is by far one of the best ways to boost sales in your ecommerce store. It doesn’t even require a lot of additional work! On average, CrossSelling is considered to be 20 times more effective
by Bernard K. Duffy (Author), Martin Jacobi (Author)
Richard M. Weaver (1910-1963) was one of the leading rhetoricians of the 1950s, whose philosophical and pedagogical writings helped revitalize interest in rhetoric. His rhetorical contributions are difficult to separate from his conservative stances on social and political issues; and, indeed, he espoused the cultural role of rhetoric, conceiving of his intellectual task as one of reinventing a philosophical conservatism and employing rhetorical theory to oppose liberalism and modernism. Today, his politics would be viewed as extreme by liberals, feminists, and civil libertarians; on the other hand, his theories laid the philosophical groundwork for contemporary American political conservatism, and his argumentation on a number of social issues remains pertinent.
This first full-length study of Weaver examines the relationship between his rhetorical theory and his cultural views, focusing on the rhetorical insights---for instance, his conception of language as sermonic, its function being to influence others to think and act according to the speaker's moral precepts and, ideally, to convey the abiding truth of a culture. Authors Duffy and Jacobi advance the idea that Weaver was at his best as an epideictic rhetor, engaged in the celebration of abstract values, and at his worst as a forensic rhetor, pleading conservative causes with no more than the pretense of impartiality. Based largely on primary materials but with adroit application of previous criticism, this work will be valuable for a wide range of research specialties in rhetoric and public address.Author Biography
BERNARD K. DUFFY is Professor of Speech Communication at California Polytechnic State University. He is coeditor, with Halford Ross Ryan, of American Orators of the Twentieth Century: Critical Studies and Sources and American Orators before 1900: Critical Studies and Sources (both Greenwood Press, 1987) and, with Ryan serves as adviser for Greenwood's Great American Orators series. His articles have appeared in various journals relating to rhetoric, philosophy, and history.
MARTIN JACOBI is Associate Professor of English at Clemson University. He is coeditor with Michael G. Moran, of Research in Basic Writing: A Bibliographic Sourcebook (Greenwood Press, 1990) and has published numerous articles on composition and writing as well as literary criticism. At Welibooks, we offer new, used, and collectible
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