LEADER 02533nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910788498803321 005 20230803032607.0 010 $a1-62895-048-X 010 $a1-60917-370-8 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060831 035 $a(EBL)1728681 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784599 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11427166 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784599 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10763749 035 $a(PQKB)11114068 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338297 035 $a(OCoLC)821216840 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse20064 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1728681 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338297 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10632226 035 $a(OCoLC)923249126 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1728681 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060831 100 $a20120817d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWilliam James and the art of popular statement$b[electronic resource] /$fPaul Stob 210 $aEast Lansing $cMichigan State University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (370 p.) 225 0 $aRhetoric and public affairs series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61186-083-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEloquence & 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. 330 $a At the turn of the twentieth century, no other public intellectual was as celebrated in America as the influential philosopher and psychologist William James. Sought after around the country, James developed his ideas in lecture halls and via essays and books intended for general audiences. Reaching out to and connecting with these audiences was crucial to James-so crucial that in 1903 he identified "popular statement," or speaking and writing in a way that animated the thought of popular audiences, as the "highest form of art." Paul Stob's thought-provoking history traces James's art 410 0$aRhetoric & Public Affairs 606 $aRhetoric 615 0$aRhetoric. 676 $a191 700 $aStob$b Paul$01489403 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788498803321 996 $aWilliam James and the art of popular statement$93710092 997 $aUNINA