Kant and the promise of rhetoric

Stroud, Scott R. 1976-

Kant and the promise of rhetoric Scott R. Stroud - x, 274 S.

Tracing the sources of Kant's apparent animosity to rhetoricKant on beauty, art, and rhetoric -- Freedom, coercion, and the search for the ideal community -- Pedagogical educative rhetoric : education, rhetoric, and the use of example -- Religious educative rhetoric : religion and ritual as rhetorical means of moral cultivation -- Critical educative rhetoric : Kant and the demands of critical communication. Includes bibliographical references and index

"Examines Immanuel Kant's understanding of rhetoric. Argues that the general thesis that Kant disparaged rhetoric is untenable, and that communicative practices play an important role in his account of how we become better humans and create morally cultivating communities"--Provided by publisher

9780271064192 cloth : alk. paper

2014013091


Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 --Knowledge--Rhetoric


Rhetoric--Philosophy

P301

808.001
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