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The African Origins of Rhetoric (African Studies) by Blake, Cecil A. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The African Origins of Rhetoric (African Studies) about?
Through a critical analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises Cecil Blake revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the "darkness metaphor" -- the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans. Blake offers a thorough examination of Ptah-hotep and core African ethical principles (Maat) and engages rhetorical scholarship within the wider discourse of African development. In so doing, he establishes a direct relationship between rhetoric and development studies in non-western societies and highlights the prospect for applying such principles to ameliorating the development malaise of the continent.
Who reads The African Origins of Rhetoric (African Studies)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Blake, Cecil A.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780415883870
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Literary Fiction, Science