Chaim Perelman (Rhetoric in the Modern Era) - Softcover

Gross, Professor Alan G.; Dearin PhD, Professor Emeritus Ray D

9780791455609: Chaim Perelman (Rhetoric in the Modern Era)

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ISBN 10: 0791455602 ISBN 13: 9780791455609

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002

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Introduces in the rhetorical theory of one of Aristotle's most important heris.

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About the Author

Alan G. Gross is Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He is the author and editor of several books, including the SUNY Press publication Rhetorical Hermeneutics: Invention and Interpretation in the Age of Science (coedited with William M. Keith). Ray D. Dearin is Professor of English and Political Science at Iowa State University. He is the author of The New Rhetoric of Chaim Perelman: Statement and Response.

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This accessible book examines the philosophical foundations of Chaim Perelman's rhetorical theory. In addition to offering a brief biography, it explores Perelman's deep philosophical commitments and his concern for the ways in which the details of actual texts realize those commitments. The authors show that Perelman still reigns supreme when it comes to the elucidation of actual texts. His is a micro-analysis of arguments, one that is endlessly suggestive of ways of analyzing texts at the level of the word and phrase, the arrangement of parts, and the structure of arguments.

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