Kenneth Burke: Rhetoric, Subjectivity, Postmodernism

by Robert Wess

Book Overview

Kenneth Burke's influence ranged across history, philosophy and the social sciences. This important study examines Burke's influence on contemporary theories of rhetoric and the subject, and explains why Burke failed to complete his Motives trilogy. Burke's own critique of the isolated unique individual led him to question the possibility of unique individuation, thereby anticipating important elements of postmodern concepts of subjectivity. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521422582
• ISBN13: 9780521422581
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"