Pragmatism, democracy, and the necessity of rhetoric / Robert Danisch.
| Author/creator | Danisch, Robert, 1976- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xii, 190 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in rhetoric/communication Studies in rhetoric/communication. ^A235916 |
| Contents | Introduction : the consequences of pragmatist thought -- William James on contingency, plurality, and belief : toward a pragmatist philosophy of rhetoric -- John Dewey on communication and the practical arts : a history of philosophy and a return to rhetoric -- Jane Addams and the practice of deliberation : Hull-House as a site for rhetorical action and social democracy -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and legal rhetoric : judgment, competition, and the free trade in ideas -- Alain Locke and epideictic rhetoric : the promise of cultural pluralism and the celebration of The new Negro -- Conclusion : the many varieties of pragmatism and American rhetoric. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-186) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007007320 |
| ISBN | 9781570036903 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 157003690X (cloth : alk. paper) |