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Despite its centrality to its field, there is no consensus regarding what rhetorical theory is and why it matters. The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory presents a critical examination of rhetorical theory throughout history, in order to develop a unifying vision for the field. Demonstrating that theorists have always been skeptical of yet committed to "truth" (however fantastic), Ira Allen develops rigorous notions of truth and of a "troubled freedom" that spring from rhetoric’s depths. In a sweeping analysis from the sophists Aristotle, and Cicero through Kenneth Burke, Chaïm Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyceta, and contemporary scholars in English, communication, and rhetoric’s other disciplinary homes, Allen offers a novel definition of rhetorical theory: as the self-consciously ethical study of how humans and other symbolic animals negotiate constraints. ** Review "A creative exploration in contemporary rhetorical theory. This book rigorously examines concepts central to recent critical thinking as it argues for its own original perspective on ethics and rhetoric. Ira Allen writes in a lively, accessible style as he insightfully works through difficult philosophical mater

Author

Ira J Allen

Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822983422

Subjects

Language Learning, History, Literary Fiction