The Anthropology of Argument: Cultural Foundations of Rhetoric and Reason

ISBN-13: 9780367620387 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 202 str.

Christopher W. Tindale

Opis

This book reinvigorates argumentation studies by exploring the topic across cultures, introducing an anthropological perspective into the domains of rhetoric, communication, and philosophy. It will interest scholars and upper-level students in communication, philosophy, anthropology, rhetoric, linguistics, and cultural studies.

Spis treści

Introduction

1. Early Encounters and the Blending of Argumentative Cultures

2. Beneath the Text: Argumentation and the Pretexts of Orality

3. Intercultural Reason and the Preliminary Conditions of Argumentation

4. The Places of Argument

5. Myth and Argument

6. Reasons in a Narrative Form

7. Reasons and the Power of Oral Traditions

8. Deep Diversity and Deep Disagreement 

Conclusion: Recovering Multi-Modal Argumentation

O autorze

Christopher W. Tindale is Director of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation, and Rhetoric (CRRAR) and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Windsor.