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Rhetoric and Human Consciousness

A History, Second Edition

 

Craig R. Smith

 

Throughout history, the world’s most brilliant thinkers have sought to discover and to enlighten others about important concepts at the forefront of human consciousness, including the search for truth, harmony, spirit and the proper way to live. This richly detailed, well-researched, and balanced text presents an in-depth investigation of rhetoric’s usefulness throughout significant epochs—Greco-Roman, medieval, Renaissance, modern, existential, and postmodern—in a way that brings historical and contemporary figures alive for students. Smith examines evolving definitions of rhetoric, from myth and display to persuasion and symbolic inducement, and demonstrates rhetoric’s intersection with other disciplines such as political science, philosophy, and psychology. The second edition of this highly accessible text presents a deeper analysis of many topics, contains expanded material on Plato’s and Cicero’s approaches to rhetoric, examines Islam’s impact on rhetorical theory, and extends the examination of female rhetorical figures by including female theorists of the 1700s. Study questions at the end of each chapter help readers synthesize, retain, and reflect on the information presented in the text. A time line of events provides an opportunity to view historical facts and figures at a glance, and the comprehensive index and thorough bibliography serve as guides for further research.

The Four Freedoms of the First Amendment

Foss et al., Contemporary Perspectives on Rhetoric, 3/E

Foss et al., Feminist Rhetorical Theories

Foss et al., Readings in Contemporary Rhetoric

Foss et al., Readings in Feminist Rhetorical Theory


 

$41.95 list, 458 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-174-5

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-174-0

© 2003

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Table of Contents

 

1. An Introduction to Rhetoric
2. The Emergence of Rhetoric in Myth and Narrative
3. The Greek Sophistication of Rhetoric from Thales to Plato
4. Aristotle’s Rhetoric
5. The Roman Rhetorical System
6. The Rise of Christianity and the Medieval Period
7. The Renaissance of Rhetoric
8. Epistemology and the Modern Rhetorics
9. The Existential Revolt against Modernists
10. Identification, Dialectic, and Dramatism
11. Context, Function, and Media
12. Postmodern and Feminist Theories

13. Rhetorical Consciousness