Conducting socially responsible research [[electronic resource] ] : critical theory, neo-pragmatism, and rhetorical inquiry / / Omar Swartz

• Autore: Swartz Omar
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 198 p.)
• Disciplina: 808.01
• Soggetto topico: Rhetoric - Philosophy; Criticism; Philosophy, Modern - 20th century; Pragmatics; Communication - Study and teaching
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Toward Praxis In Disciplinary Scholarship; Rhetoric, Critical Theory, and the Possibility for Social Change; The Contribution of Critical Theory to Rhetorical Studies; The Need for Critical Responses to Western or American Social Practices; The Need for Localized Resistance; Qualifying the Positions of My Neo-Pragmatist Assumptions; Methodological/Theoretical Assumptions; Rhetorical Praxis as Teleological Study; Critical Teleology as a Neo-Pragmatist Activity; Organization of Study; Chapter 2 - Redescribing Disciplinary Practice ; Historicizing the Assumptions of Our Disciplinary KnowledgeThe Social Limitations of Philosophical Language; Finding Linguistic Meaning Without Metaphysical Certainty; The ""End"" of Philosophy and the ""Task"" of Rhetoric; The Influence of Neo-Pragmatism on Rhetorical Studies; Rhetorical Studies, Ironism, and Leftist Political Practice; Exploring the Three Conditions of Rorty's Ironism; The Social Implications of a Redefined Critical Scholarship; Redescribing the Tensions Between Academia and Society; Restructuring Theory to Meet the Needs of Praxis ; Foucault's Contribution to Disciplinary PraxisSummary; Chapter 3 - Toward a Neo-Pragmatic Approach to Rhetorical Theory; Resisting the ""Methodological Injunctions"" of the Dichotomy Between ""Ephemeral"" and ""Enduring"" Scholarship; Deconstructing Traditional Accounts of ""Ephemeral"" and ""Enduring"" Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; Scholarship, and the Scientizing of Criticism; Emphasizing the Rhetorical Dimensions of All Scholarship; Criticism and the Issue of ""Reality""; Challenging the Metaphysical Readings of Kenneth Burke; Burke's Obfuscation of the Enduring/Ephemeral Dichotomy ; Learning to Resist the Reification of Burkean TheoryAnalyzing Contemporary Reifications of Burkean Philosophy; Theory as Equipment for Social Action: Kenneth Burke, Rhetoric, and Ideological Critique; Burke's Commitment to Social Criticism; The Ideological Qualities of Burke's Rhetoric of Form; Historicizing the Social Contributions of Counter-Statement; Toward a Neo-Pragmatic Praxis of Form; Chapter 4 - Facing The Social Limitations of Disciplinary Rhetorical Criticism; An Analysis of Four Disciplinary Views of Nixon's ""The War in Vietnam"" Address ; Analysis of Robert P. Newman's Criticism of Nixon's AddressExploring the Tension Between Social and Disciplinary Critique in Newman's Essay; Kendall's Response to Newman and Its Implications for Ideological Criticism; Analysis of Hermann G. Stelzner's Mythic Criticism of Nixon's Address; Challenging the Social Distance in Stelzner's Analysis; Analysis of Karlyn Kohrs Campbell's Intrinsic Criticism of Nixon's Address; Challenging the limited Application of Campbell's Analysis; Analysis of Forbes Hill's Neo-Aristotelian Criticism of Nixon's Address ; Challenging the Limited Claims of Hill's Scholarship
• Sommario/riassunto: This text redefines our understanding of theory, criticism and pedagogy with the vocabulary of neo-pragmatism. When human knowledge becomes historicized and socialized, the distinctions between our public, academic and instructional personae fade. In place of such traditional personae, a new identity is encouraged for scholars in the field of communication. The book successfully argues that rhetorical scholars can assume a cultural importance in life.
• Titolo autorizzato: Conducting socially responsible research
• ISBN: 1-322-41979-5; 1-4833-2789-2; 1-4522-4911-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791079403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II