Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose, Third Edition

by Kenneth Burke

Book Overview

Permanence and Change was written and first published in the depths of the Great Depression. Attitudes Toward History followed it two years later. These were revolutionary texts in the theory of communication, and, as classics, they retain their surcharge of energy. Permanence and Change treats human communication in terms of ideal cooperation, whereas Attitudes Towards History characterizes tactics and patterns of conflict typical of actual human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520041461
• ISBN13: 9780520041462
• Release Date: May 1984
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.0"