Pragmatism, democracy, and the necessity of rhetoric / Robert Danisch.

Author/creator Danisch, Robert, 1976-
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxii, 190 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesStudies 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-186) and index.
LCCN 2007007320
ISBN9781570036903 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN157003690X (cloth : alk. paper)