Ramus, Method, and the Decay of Dialogue; From the Art of Discourse to the Art of Reason

Walter J. Ong

ISBN 10: 0226629767 / ISBN 13: 9780226629766

Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005

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Fine, bright, and tight. First edition. Softcover. 408 pp (w/ bibliography & index). An elegant account of Ramus's method, his quarrels with Aristotelian logic, his radical pedagogical theories, and modern media theory. His work, published in Latin and translated into many languages, has influenced the study of Renaissance literature, rhetoric, education, logic, and more recently, media studies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ramus, Method, and the Decay of Dialogue; From the Art of Discourse to the Art of Reason
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226629767
• ISBN 13: 9780226629766
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Renaissance logician, philosopher, humanist, and teacher, Peter Ramus (1515-72) is best known for his attack on Aristotelian logic, his radical pedagogical theories, and his new interpretation for the canon of rhetoric. His work, published in Latin and translated into many languages, has influenced the study of Renaissance literature, rhetoric, education, logic, and—more recently—media studies.

Considered the most important work of Walter Ong's career, Ramus, Method, and the Decay of Dialogue is an elegant review of the history of Ramist scholarship and Ramus's quarrels with Aristotle. A key influence on Marshall McLuhan, with whom Ong enjoys the status of honorary guru among technophiles, this challenging study remains the most detailed account of Ramus's method ever published. Out of print for more than a decade, this book—with a new foreword by Adrian Johns—is a canonical text for enthusiasts of media, Renaissance literature, and intellectual history.

About the Authors

Walter J. Ong, SJ (1912-2003) was professor at St. Louis University and an internationally renowned scholar of rhetorical theory and history. He is the author of numerous books, including In the Human Grain: Further Explorations of Contemporary Culture and Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word.

Adrian Johns is the Allan Grant Maclear Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age.