Overview

Insights into the problem of our relation to language Kenneth Burke and Contemporary European Thought: A Rhetoric in Transition reflects the present transitional nature of rhetoric and society. Its purpose is to relate the rhetorical theory of Burke to the theories of four major European philosophers--Jürgen Habermas, Ernesto Grassi, Foucault, and Jacques Derrida--as they discuss the nature of language and its central role in society. This book describes a rhetorical world in transition but not a world in chaos. It points to the centrality of symbolism in theories of language and rhetoric and illustrates Burke's influence as a pivotal things and theorist in the communication arts and sciences, suggesting that the observations regarding shifting paradigms and perspectives made by other scholars are indeed emergent in the realm of rhetoric. It also regards the powerful impact of language and symbolic action in both the critique and construction of human knowledge and augurs a central role for rhetoric in the intellectual and social transformations of this and the next century.

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Author:   Bernard L. Brock ,  Carole Blair ,  James W. Chesebro ,  Celeste Michelle Condit
Publisher:   The University of Alabama Press
Imprint:   The University of Alabama Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9780817353346

ISBN 10:   0817353348
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   28 February 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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All the essays in this [book are] worth the effort involved in reading them critically. Even if one disagrees with the writer's approach, in each chapter the reader will find insights into the problem of our relation to language. This work of frequent brilliance and occasional blemish certainly belongs in the library of every rhetorical scholar. - Quarterly Journal of Speech

All the essays in this [book are] worth the effort involved in reading them critically. Even if one disagrees with the writer's approach, in each chapter the reader will find insights into the problem of our relation to language. This work of frequent brilliance and occasional blemish certainly belongs in the library of every rhetorical scholar. - Quarterly Journal of Speech

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Bernard L. Brock is Professor of Communication at Wayne State University.

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