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  • Argumentation

    The Key Concepts

    by Edward Schiappa ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    This book is an accessible reference guide to the key concepts associated with argumentation theory, criticism, and pedagogy.Providing an encyclopedic‑style synthesis, the book defines and describes 175 essential concepts of argumentation, and provides discussion of the meaning, application, and impact, as well as offering suggestions for further reading. Readers are introduced to foundational ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Protagoras and Logos

    A Study in Greek Philosophy and Rhetoric

    by Edward Schiappa ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
    Reassesses the philosophical and pedagogical contributions of ProtagorasProtagoras and Logos brings together in a meaningful synthesis the contributions and rhetoric of the first and most famous of the Older Sophists, Protagoras of Abdera. Most accounts of Protagoras rely on the somewhat hostile reports of Plato and Aristotle. By focusing on Protagoras's own surviving words, this study corrects ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Logos without Rhetoric

    The Arts of Language before Plato

    by Edward Schiappa ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
    A germinal examination of rhetoric's beginnings through pre-fourth-century Greek textsHow did rhetoric begin and what was it before it was called "rhetoric"? Must art have a name to be considered art? What is the difference between eloquence and rhetoric? And what were the differences, if any, among poets, philosophers, sophists, and rhetoricians before Plato emphasized—or perhaps invented—their ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary

    by Christine Harold, Brian L. Ott, Susan A. Sci, Thomas Rosteck, Thomas S. Frentz, Edward Schiappa, Daniel Ladislau Horvath, Peter B. Gregg, Davis W. Houck, Joseph Delbert Davenport, Kendall R. Phillips, Assistant Professor Jennifer L. Borda ...
    Not afraid to tackle provocative topics in American culture, from gun violence and labor policies to terrorism and health care, Michael Moore has earned both applause and invective in his career as a documentarian. In such polarizing films as Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko, Moore has established a unique voice of radical nostalgia for progressivism, and in doing so has become ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Transgender Exigency

    Defining Sex and Gender in the 21st Century

    by Edward Schiappa ...
    At no other point in human history have the definitions of "woman" and "man," "male" and "female," "masculine" and "feminine," been more contentious than now. This book advances a pragmatic approach to the act of defining that acknowledges the important ethical dimensions of our definitional practices.Increased transgender rights and visibility has been met with increased opposition, controversy, ... Read more

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  • Argumentation

    Keeping Faith with Reason

    by John P. Nordin, Edward Schiappa ...
    This extensively updated second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to argumentation skills for undergraduates.Clearly written, with minimal technical jargon, the book features many contemporary real-world examples. Through a unique conceptual framework, students will learn how to assemble a coherent logical argument, assess sources, and organize and present written and verbal arguments. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Classical Greek Rhetorical Theory and the Disciplining of Discourse

    by David M. Timmerman, Edward Schiappa ...
    This book contributes to the history of classical rhetoric by focusing on how key terms helped to conceptualize and organize the study and teaching of oratory. David Timmerman and Edward Schiappa demonstrate that the intellectual and political history of Greek rhetorical theory can be enhanced by a better understanding of the emergence of 'terms of art' in texts about persuasive speaking and ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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    Reconsidering the Place of Invention in Composition

    by Anis Bawarshi ...
    In a focused and compelling discussion, Anis Bawarshi looks to genre theory for what it can contribute to a refined understanding of invention. In describing what he calls "the genre function," he explores what is at stake for the study and teaching of writing to imagine invention as a way that writers locate themselves, via genres, within various positions and activities. He argues, in fact, that ... Read more

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  • The Open Society and Its Enemies

    by Karl Sir Popper ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    ‘If in this book harsh words are spoken about some of the greatest among the intellectual leaders of mankind, my motive is not, I hope, to belittle them. It springs rather from my conviction that, if our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.’- Karl Popper, from the PrefaceWritten in political exile during the Second World War and first published in two ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Sirens' Call

    How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource

    by Chris Hayes ...
    **The #1 New York Times Bestseller • One of Barack Obama's Summer Reading List PicksFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of our society“An ambitious analysis of how the trivial amusements offered by online ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Reflexive Methodology

    New Vistas for Qualitative Research

    by Mats Alvesson, Kaj Skoldberg ...
    Praise for the Second Edition:"In opposition to most literature on how to conduct good social science research which is either empirically oriented or gives priority to theoretical and philosophical considerations, which tends to make empirical research look odd or irrelevant, this volume on ′Reflexive Methodology′ explicitly turns towards a consideration of the perceptual, cognitive, theoretical, ... Read more

    $111.99 USD

  • A Short History of Ethics

    A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th Century

    by Alasdair MacIntyre ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    A Short History of Ethics has over the past thirty years become a key philosophical contribution to studies on morality and ethics. Alasdair MacIntyre writes a new preface for this second edition which looks at the book 'thirty years on' and considers its impact. A Short History of Ethics guides the reader through the history of moral philosophy from the Greeks to contemporary times. MacIntyre ... Read more

    $27.99 USD