02533nam 2200589Ia 450 991078849880332120230803032607.01-62895-048-X1-60917-370-8(CKB)3170000000060831(EBL)1728681(SSID)ssj0000784599(PQKBManifestationID)11427166(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784599(PQKBWorkID)10763749(PQKB)11114068(MiAaPQ)EBC3338297(OCoLC)821216840(MdBmJHUP)muse20064(MiAaPQ)EBC1728681(Au-PeEL)EBL3338297(CaPaEBR)ebr10632226(OCoLC)923249126(Au-PeEL)EBL1728681(EXLCZ)99317000000006083120120817d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWilliam James and the art of popular statement[electronic resource] /Paul StobEast Lansing Michigan State University Press20131 online resource (370 p.)Rhetoric and public affairs seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-61186-083-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Eloquence & professionalism in the nineteenth century -- Engaging science and society -- Talking to teachers -- Speaking up for spirits -- Religious experience & the appeals of intellectual populism -- Empowering a pragmatic public. At the turn of the twentieth century, no other public intellectual was as celebrated in America as the influential philosopher and psychologist William James. Sought after around the country, James developed his ideas in lecture halls and via essays and books intended for general audiences. Reaching out to and connecting with these audiences was crucial to James-so crucial that in 1903 he identified "popular statement," or speaking and writing in a way that animated the thought of popular audiences, as the "highest form of art." Paul Stob's thought-provoking history traces James's art Rhetoric & Public AffairsRhetoricRhetoric.191Stob Paul1489403MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788498803321William James and the art of popular statement3710092UNINA