Rhetoric, Reason, and Society: Rationality As Dialogue - Brossura

Myerson, George

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ISBN 10: 0803978677 ISBN 13: 9780803978676

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns Ltd, 1994

Riassunto

This fascinating work examines some of the major arguments about modernity, culture and rationality that have emerged from recent debates on critical theory, liberal theory, the self, postmodernity, dialogic rationalism, ethics and argument.

What is the relationship between knowledge, expertise and participatory dialogue? How is the `good life′ connected to rationality? In what way is thinking dialogical and rhetorical? This original and lucid text addresses these and other questions, offering a broad-ranging synthesis of diverse theories to show how reason, dialogue and communication are inextricably linked.

Myerson provides a sustained discussion of contemporary theories concerning models of rational dialogue and cultural difference. His analysis, starting with a deep reading of Habermas and Putnam, is enriched by illuminating treatments of key thinkers including: Giddens, Rawls, Billig, Nussbaum, Rorty, Haraway, Benhabib and Bookchin.

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Informazioni sull'autore

George Myerson, is a Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature, King′s College, London and the author of The Argumentative Imagination and The Power of Address: Explorations in Rhetoric (with Dick Leith).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0803978677
• ISBN 13: 9780803978676
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile