02859nam 2200661 a 450 991077798300332120230721021530.01-135-84058-X1-282-15329-397866121532970-203-87552-4(CKB)1000000000762090(EBL)435620(OCoLC)456431343(SSID)ssj0000099856(PQKBManifestationID)11130746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099856(PQKBWorkID)10019206(PQKB)11588636(MiAaPQ)EBC435620(Au-PeEL)EBL435620(CaPaEBR)ebr10313073(CaONFJC)MIL215329(EXLCZ)99100000000076209020090203d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe African origins of rhetoric[electronic resource] /by Cecil BlakeNew York Routledge20091 online resource (157 p.)African studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-88387-3 0-415-99771-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue -- "The blackness without and the blackness within": the rhetorical construction of the African -- Rhetorical theory as background and context -- Africa in rhetorical scholarship -- Maat: the ethical grounding of the rhetoric of Ptah-hotep -- The rhetoric of Ptah-hotep -- From darkness to light -- Paradigmatic framework: postcolonial theory -- Epilogue -- Appendices.Through a critical analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises Cecil Blake revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the ""darkness metaphor"" -- the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans. Blake offers a thorough examination of Ptah-hotep and core African ethical principles (Maat) and engages rhetorical scholarship within the wider discourse of African development. In so doing, he establishes a direct relationship between rhetoric and development studies in non-western societies and highlights the prospect for applyingAfrican studies (Routledge (Firm))RhetoricAfricaHistoryCriticismPostcolonialismNational characteristics, AfricanRhetoricHistory.Criticism.Postcolonialism.National characteristics, African.808.0096Blake Cecil A1567111MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777983003321The African origins of rhetoric3838226UNINA