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Rhetorical Democracy: How Communication Shapes Political Culture offers an explanation and diagnosis of the current state of American democracy rooted in the American pragmatist tradition. Robert Da……続きを見る

This comprehensive introductory textbook gives students the framework and tools to become great debaters and use those skills to further civil and respectful responses on contentious topics. Focusin……続きを見る

Human senses have the potential to play a significant role in inspiring action to combat climate change. When we smell pollutants in the air, for example, or feel the blast of a polar vortex, we are……続きを見る

Before the start of the Civil War, the US Congress seldom took up the question of education, deferring regularly to a tradition of local control. In the period after the war, however, education beca……続きを見る

At a time of increasing right-wing populism, Women in Populist Rhetoric examines the relationship between populist rhetoric and the real social changes that affect women and how populists gain promi……続きを見る

Master the art of persuasion with Rhetoric in Action, a science-backed, practical guide to effective communication. Whether you’re a student, entrepreneur, leader, or educator, this book equips you ……続きを見る

This book offers a new approach to the theory of argumentation that conceptualizes argumentation as a fundamentally ethical activity whose norms are grounded in, and must be selected according to, m……続きを見る

A Theory of Metaphor: Truth, Falsity, and the Uncanny is a strikingly original analysis of metaphor. Scholarly and imaginative, this sophisticated theory builds on a simple definition: metaphors are……続きを見る

A moving study of how encounters with beauty advance scientific discovery. Our attempts to understand the world are always more than simply rational. Our bodies learn through lived experience, our n……続きを見る

First published in 1984, in Rhetoric of Everyday English Texts, the author uses over 100 short texts from educated writers in all walks of life to demonstrate that when we communicate there is a pow……続きを見る

This book offers an answer to the question, "Why are Presidential debates so bad?" The answer could be that the Commission on Presidential Debates ruined them, or it could be that we don't really kn……続きを見る

Not only effective. Not only efficient. But eloquent. For hundreds of years, great rulers, teachers, and thinkers have embraced the arts of eloquenceーthat is, stylishly persuasive communication. Ye……続きを見る

As treatments have advanced, metastatic breast cancer has become a disease that some women can live with for years, which has changed the language that women use to discuss living with this form of ……続きを見る

Das tu opinión con buena intención… y alguien se ofende. Estás cansado de que en tu familia haya conflictos por malentendidos tontos. En tu trabajo, sientes que tus conversaciones se estancan o gene……続きを見る

In this book, Tahirah J. Walker provides an analysis of how Black women in Pittsburgh navigate the public sphere through an examination of the ways that intersecting identities shape discourse, sile……続きを見る

In Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence, and Resisting Settler Colonialism, Margret McCue-Enser examines how Minnesota Indigenous activists use public memory sites to interrupt an……続きを見る

Does poetry intimidate you? Do poems seem like cryptic puzzles that leave you scratching your head? You are not aloneーmany readers find poetry daunting. But what if you could approach any poem with……続きを見る

Descubre cómo crear personajes memorables que trascienden la página, cautivan al lector y dejan huella eterna en la literatura: construye, representa y potencia la esencia de tus protagonistas narra……続きを見る

You may have heard it at a football game, in an advertisement, or on the radio on a road trip far from home. You may have sung along on a rooftop in Thailand, at Oktoberfest in Belgium, or with a Ja……続きを見る

Discover the art of narrative writing by learning how to craft authentic, memorable characters whose depth, growth, and presence will captivate readers, strengthen storytelling, and leave a lasting ……続きを見る

Em tempos em que a comunicação domina todos os aspectos da vida pública e privada, a retórica revela-se mais atual do que nunca. Este Breve Tratado de Arte Retórica é uma obra indispensável para aqu……続きを見る

In Truth Be Told, Laura Elliot Tetreault challenges the idea that the “post-truth” present is a novel crisis brought about by contemporary right-wing and digital media. Instead, the political contro……続きを見る

Advancing feminist rhetorical methods for social change In a world marked by political polarization and racial, sexist, ableist, and class-based injustices, feminist rhetorical research is vital to ……続きを見る

You give your opinion with good intentions… and someone gets offended. You're tired of conflicts in your family over silly misunderstandings. At work, you feel like your conversations are stagnating……続きを見る

How chronic Lyme sheds new light on the rhetorical problem of patient empowerment Modern medicine asks patients to be informed and empowered partners in their own care. However, when this care syste……続きを見る

How the COVID-19 pandemic revealed gendered inequities in academic laborーand how to overcome them Although the covid-19 pandemic that began in 2020 proved universally challenging, women, especially……続きを見る

Since the Limits to Growth report was published in 1972 it has been widely known that a commitment to endless growth was putting us on course for environmental disasterーso why have we failed to tak……続きを見る

In Searching for Solidarity, Noor Ghazal Aswad explores how the emancipatory qualities of transnational revolutionary struggle are often denied, misunderstood, and erased. Drawing on the stories of ……続きを見る

¿Cansado de debates aburridos donde quien grita más no siempre tiene la razón? Confunde, Convence, Conquista: Guía Rápida para Salir Ganador y Superior en Cualquier Debate, con su subtítulo "Entrada……続きを見る

The Lost Chance in China and the Rise of Cold War Populism offers a rollicking retelling of the fate of America’s diplomats stationed in China during World War II and the start of the Chinese Civil ……続きを見る