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The Politics of Rhetoric: Richard M. Weaver and the Conservative Tradition (Contributions in Philosophy)
The Politics of Rhetoric Richard M Weaver and the Conservative Tradition - Contributions in Philosophy Author:Bernard K. Duffy, Martin Jacobi Richard M. Weaver was one of the leading rhetoricians of the 1950s, whose philosophical and pedagogical writings helped revitalize interest in rhetoric. This first full-length study of Weaver examines the relationship between his rhetorical theory and his cultural views, focusing on the rhetorical insights. Duffy and Jacobi advance the idea that... more » Weaver was at his best as an epideictic rhetor, engaged in the celebration of abstract values, and at his worst as a forensic rhetor, pleading conservative causes with only a pretense of impartiality.« less