Rhetoric Reclaimed: Aristotle and the Liberal Arts Tradition

by Janet M. Atwill

Book Overview

Thoroughly embedded in postmodern theory, this book offers a critique of traditional conceptions of the liberal arts, exploring the challenges posed by cultural diversity to the aims and methods of a humanist education. Janet M. Atwill investigates a neglected tradition of rhetoric, exemplified by Protagoras and Isocorates, and preserved in Aristotle's Rhetoric.

This tradition was rooted in the ancient sophistic and platonic conceptions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801476054
• ISBN13: 9780801476051
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher