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Rhetoric Of The Human Sciences: Language And Argument In Scholarship And Public Affairs (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences)

by: John S. Nelson

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780299110246
ISBN: 0299110249
Label: University of Wisconsin Press
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 408
Publication Date: December 15, 1990
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Studio: University of Wisconsin Press

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- Welcome uncovering of "objective" social science rhetoric
A fine collection of essays, many of them written with an eye to persuasion, on how the various disciplines employ rhetorical devices to persuade while claiming an "objective" stance. Particularly useful are the essays by Renato Rosaldo on the rhetoric of anthropology, John Campbell on Darwin's sustained focus on persuasion, and William Boyd White on the rhetoric of the law. These three are worth the price of admission; the additional dozen or so essays are a bonus.

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- Rhetoric Shmetoric: this book is incredibly boring
After reviewing the need for and renewed acceptance of rhetoric in the sciences, the book turns in to a unbelievably dull rendering of scientific pieces by authors who have yet to master the art of rhetoric.

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