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ISBN: 9780761904984 | 0761904980
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Copyright: 1/8/1997

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This book redefines our understanding of theory, criticism and pedagogy with the vocabulary of neo-pragmatism. When human knowledge becomes historicized and socialized, the distinctions between our public, academic and instructional personae fade. In place of such traditional personae, a new identity is encouraged for scholars in the field of communication. The book successfully argues that rhetorical scholars can assume a cultural importance in life.

FOREWORD

xiii

(4)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xvii

1. TOWARD PRAXIS IN DISCIPLINARY SCHOLARSHIP

(31)

Rhetoric, Critical Theory, and the Possibility for Social Change

(16)

The Contribution of Critical Theory to Rhetorical Studies

(6)

The Need for Critical Responses to Western or American Social Practices

(4)

The Need for Localized Resistance

(4)

Qualifying the Positions of My Neo-Pragmatist Assumptions

(2)

Methodological/Theoretical Assumptions

(6)

Rhetorical Praxis as Teleological Study

(4)

Critical Teleology as a Neo-Pragmatist Activity

(2)

Organization of Study

(5)

2. REDESCRIBING DISCIPLINARY PRACTICE

(25)

Historicizing the Assumptions of Our Disciplinary Knowledge

(9)

The Social Limitations of Philosophical Language

(4)

Finding Linguistic Meaning Without Metaphysical Certainty

(2)

The "End" of Philosophy and the "Task" of Rhetoric

(2)

The Influence of Neo-Pragmatism on Rhetorical Studies

(5)

Rhetorical Studies, Ironism, and Leftist Political Practice

(3)

Exploring the Three Conditions of Rorty's Ironism

(2)

The Social Implications of a Redefined Critical Scholarship

(8)

Redescribing the Tensions Between Academia and Society

(3)

Restructuring Theory to Meet the Needs of Praxis

(3)

Foucault's Contribution to Disciplinary Praxis

(2)

Summary

(2)

3. TOWARD A NEO-PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO RHETORICAL THEORY

(34)

Resisting the "Methodological Injunctions" of the Dichotomy Between "Ephemeral" and "Enduring" Scholarship

(4)

Deconstructing Traditional Accounts of "Ephemeral" and "Enduring" Rhetorical Theory and Criticism

(6)

Scholarship, and the Scientizing of Criticism

(2)

Emphasizing the Rhetorical Dimensions of All Scholarship

(2)

Criticism and the Issue of "Reality"

(2)

Challenging the Metaphysical Readings of Kenneth Burke

(12)

Burke's Obfuscation of the Enduring/Ephemeral Dichotomy

(5)

Learning to Resist the Reification of Burkean Theory

(3)

Analyzing Contemporary Reifications of Burkean Philosophy

(3)

Theory as Equipment for Social Action: Kenneth Burke, Rhetoric, and Ideological Critique

(11)

Burke's Commitment to Social Criticism

(2)

The Ideological Qualities of Burke's Rhetoric of Form

(8)

Historicizing the Social Contributions of Counter-Statement

(3)

Toward a Neo-Pragmatic Praxis of Form

(4)

4. FACING THE SOCIAL LIMITATIONS OF DISCIPLINARY RHETORICAL CRITICISM

(44)

An Analysis of Four Disciplinary Views of Nixon's "The War in Vietnam" Address

(27)

Analysis of Robert P. Newman's Criticism of Nixon's Address

(10)

Exploring the Tension Between Social and Disciplinary Critique in Newman's Essay

(5)

Kendall's Response to Newman and Its Implications for Ideological Criticism

(5)

Analysis of Hermann G. Stelzner's Mythic Criticism of Nixon's Address

103

(6)

Challenging the Social Distance in Stelzner's Analysis

103

(6)

Analysis of Karlyn Kohrs Campbell's Intrinsic Criticism of Nixon's Address

109

(5)

Challenging the Limited Application of Campbell's Analysis

109

(5)

Analysis of Forbes Hill's Neo-Aristotelian Criticism of Nixon's Address

114

(5)

Challenging the Limited Claims of Hill's Scholarship

115

(4)

A Neo-Pragmatic Analysis of Nixon's "The War in Vietnam" Address

119

(15)

Justifying an Ideological Reading of Nixon's Address in 1997

119

(2)

The Rhetorical Function of Nixon's Misuse of History

121

(1)

Campbell and the Moral Suspicion of Nixon Extending Nixon's Historical Narrative

125

(4)

Nixon's Argument and the Intensification of Hostilities

129

(5)

Summary

134

(1)

5. THE PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A CRITICAL RHETORIC

135

(34)

Dimensions of a Redescribed Critical Pedagogy in Communication Studies

136

(11)

The Definition and Parameters of a Critical Pedagogy in the Basic Communication Course

137

(6)

Redescribing "Authority" in the Classroom and in Society

143

(4)

English Composition, Cultural Critique, and the Basic Communication Course

147

(15)

Critical Pedagogy in English Composition

148

(2)

Examining the Similarities Between Public Speaking Instruction in Departments of Communication and Composition Instruction in Departments of English

150

(3)

Examining the Differences Between the Public Speaking Course in Communication and the Composition Course in English

153

(2)

An Analysis of the Supporting Literature in Communication Supplementing the Instruction of the Basic Course

155

(7)

Two Ways to Redescribe a Critical Pedagogy

162

(6)

Institutional Contributions to a Critical Pedagogy in the Basic Communication Course

162

(2)

Individual Contributions to a Critical Pedagogy in the Basic Communication Course

164

(4)

Summary

168

(1)

6. CONCLUSION

169

(6)

REFERENCES

175

(12)

INDEX

187

(11)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

198

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