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Rhetoric : a very short introduction, Richard Toye

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Rhetoric : a very short introduction
Title
Rhetoric
Title remainder
a very short introduction
Statement of responsibility
Richard Toye
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Rhetoric was once an essential part of western education. Aristotle wrote an important treatise on it and Demosthenes remains famous to this day for his skills as a rhetorician. But skill with rhetoric today is no longer admired. Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language-empty words, empty rhetoric--and therefore as something quite negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the "art of persuasion, " it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we are constantly exposed to the rhetoric of others. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Toye explores the purpose of rhetoric. Rather than presenting a defense of it, he considers it as the foundation-stone of civil society, and an essential part of any democratic process. Using wide-ranging examples from ancient Greece, medieval Islamic preaching, the wartime speeches of Winston Churchill, and modern cinema, Toye considers why we should all have an appreciation of the art of rhetoric
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Cataloging source
BTCTA
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1973-
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Toye, Richard
Dewey number
808
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
P301
LC item number
.T67 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Very short introductions
Series volume
346
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  • Rhetoric
  • Rhetoric
  • Rhetoric
Label
Rhetoric : a very short introduction, Richard Toye
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
From the Greeks to Gladstone -- The scaffolding of rhetoric -- Approaches to rhetoric -- Rhetoric in the modern world
Control code
ocn813540513
Dimensions
18 cm.
Edition
First edition
Extent
122 pages
Isbn
9780199651368
Lccn
2012286389
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Rhetoric : a very short introduction, Richard Toye
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
From the Greeks to Gladstone -- The scaffolding of rhetoric -- Approaches to rhetoric -- Rhetoric in the modern world
Control code
ocn813540513
Dimensions
18 cm.
Edition
First edition
Extent
122 pages
Isbn
9780199651368
Lccn
2012286389
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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