The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences: Language and Argument in Scholarship and Public Affairs (Rhetoric of Human Sciences) - Hardcover

Nelson, John S.; Megill, Allan

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9780299110208: The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences: Language and Argument in Scholarship and Public Affairs (Rhetoric of Human Sciences)

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ISBN 10: 0299110206 ISBN 13: 9780299110208

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1987

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Opening with an overview of the renewal of interest in rhetoric for inquiries of all kinds, this volume addresses rhetoric in individual disciplines - mathematics, anthropology, psychology, economics, sociology, political science and history. Drawing from recent literary theory, it suggests the contribution of the humanities to the rhetoric of inquiry and explores communications beyond the academy, particulary in women's issues, religion and law. The final essays speak from the field of communication studies, where the study of rhetoric usually makes its home.

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About the Author:

John S. Nelson is professor of political science at the University of Iowa, Allan Megill is professor of history at the University of Virginia, and Donald N. McCloskey is professor of economics and history at the University of Iowa.

Review:

“I know of no other work that discusses scientific writing in this way or with this much insight and revelation. It would be especially useful for a college or university course on the topic.”
—International Journal on the Unity of the Sciences

“Evident . . . is a commitment to clear, elegant writing. The human sciences envisioned by these writers will be enlivened by metaphor, irony and story-telling.”—Times Higher Educational Supplement

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