| Description |
ix, 220 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series in speech communication |
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SUNY series in speech communication.
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| Contents |
1. To Grasp the Words and Die -- 2. Beginner's Mind -- 3. Otherness -- 4. Emptiness -- 5. One Hand Clapping -- 6. Coherence -- 7. Honoring the Form |
| Summary |
Drawing on poetry, personal narratives, critical analysis, and epistemological explorations this book expands traditional conceptions of rhetoric beyond an "art of persuasion" to a power to manage diverse conceptions of reality, freeing the study and practice of discourse from the essentializing constraints of foundationist philosophy. As an "inquiry into coherence," the book explores social, political, and pedagogical issues ranging from racism, to cultural and ethnic diversity, to the role of argument and persuasion in the creation and perpetuation of difference. The result of this exploration is as understanding of rhetoric as a Tao, a Way of being, thinking, and speaking grounded in what the author calls "dialogic coherence," an actively non-argumentative approach to language, life, and method that is based upon the philosophies and practices of the Eastern martial arts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index |
| Subject |
Rhetoric.
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Zen Buddhism -- Essence, genius, nature.
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Language and languages -- Religious aspects -- Zen Buddhism
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Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Truth -- Coherence theory.
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| LC no. |
95015882 //r96 |
| ISBN |
0791428036 cloth alkaline paper |
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0791428044 paperback alkaline paper |
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