Rhetorical Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23701360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerard A Hauser (University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect107 |
| OpenAlex | W4230530226 |
| ISBN | 9781118766804 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Since its origins, the Western tradition of rhetoric has had a contested status as a subject of instruction and a practice. Its orientation toward a world of radical contingencies has made it leery of truth and at odds with philosophy, which has had an historical quest for eternal truth. Its practice, which seeks to influence thinking on contingent matters, has been a necessary method for civic life in a democracy and made those skilled in the art suspect as deceptive. The entry considers the Western history of rhetoric with an emphasis on its intersections with philosophy.
Aesthetics · Democracy · Epistemology · Linguistics · Odds · Orientation (vector space) · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Suspect · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Law · Philosophy · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |