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  • Rhetoric and Power

    The Drama of Classical Greece

    by Nathan Crick ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
    An insightful approach to classical Greek texts and practices as the wellspring for understanding rhetoric's relationship to authorityIn Rhetoric and Power, Nathan Crick dramatizes the history of rhetoric by explaining its origin and development in classical Greece beginning the oral displays of Homeric eloquence in a time of kings, following its ascent to power during the age of Pericles and the ... Read more

    $32.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Keys of Power

    The Rhetoric and Politics of Transcendentalism

    by Nathan Crick ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
    Examines Transcendentalism as a distinct rhetorical genre concerned primarily and self-consciously with questions of powerNathan Crick has crafted a new critical rhetorical history of American Transcendentalists that interprets a selection of their major works between the years 1821 and 1852 as political and ethical responses to the growing crises of their times. In The Keys of Power, Crick argues ... Read more

    $39.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Democracy and Rhetoric

    John Dewey on the Arts of Becoming

    by Nathan Crick ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
    An innovative approach to Dewey's view of rhetoric as art, revealing an "ontology of becoming"In Democracy and Rhetoric, Nathan Crick articulates from John Dewey's body of work a philosophy of rhetoric that reveals the necessity for bringing forth a democratic life infused with the spirit of ethics, a method of inquiry, and a sense of beauty. Crick relies on rhetorical theory as well ... Read more

    $39.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Propaganda

    The Basics

    by Nathan Crick ...
    Series series The Basics
    This concise and accessible guide makes clear the ubiquity of propaganda so that readers can understand its function in all layers of society, for both good or for ill, and ultimately use it to make their own voice heard.Propaganda often appears as a paradoxical art: modern society is awash in propaganda and yet many deny consuming it. Using short, easy to understand examples drawn from politics, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Way to Hell

    Machiavelli for Catastrophic Times

    by Nathan Crick ...
    Series series Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
    An incisive and erudite survey of Machiavelli, the catastrophes of his times and ours, and his counsel for responding to an era of constant crises.Catastrophe looms. Political, environmental, epidemic, and military crises arrive with increasing frequency. In The Way to Hell, Nathan Crick argues that our perilous times call for the strongest medicine in the Western canon: Machiavelli. Crick reminds ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Rhetoric and Power

    Edited by Nathan Crick ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Communication Studies
    This handbook represents the first comprehensive disciplinary investigation into the relationship between rhetoric and power as it is expressed in different aspects of society.Providing conceptual and empirical foundations for the study of the relationship between different forms of rhetorical expression and diverse structures, practices, habits, and networks of power, The Routledge Handbook of ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Rhetoric of Fascism

    Series series Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
    Decoding the discourse: Rhetorical foundations of authoritarian power.Fascism has resurfaced as one of the most pressing problems of our time. The rise of extremist parties and candidates in Europe, the United States, and around the globe has led even mainstream political commentators to begin using the term “fascism” to describe dangerous movements that have revived and repackaged many of the ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Rhetorical Public Speaking

    Social Influence in the Digital Age

    by Nathan Crick ...
    This textbook offers an innovative approach to public speaking by employing the rhetorical canon as a means of constructing artful speech in a multi-mediated environment.By stressing how contemporary public speaking continues the classical art of persuasion, this book provides a foundation to guide students in constructing and delivering messages that address matters of concern and interest to ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Rhetoric of Social Movements

    Networks, Power, and New Media

    Edited by Nathan Crick ...
    This collection provides an accessible yet rigorous survey of the rhetorical study of historical and contemporary social movements and promotes the study of relations between strategy, symbolic action, and social assemblage.Offering a comprehensive collection of the latest research in the field, The Rhetoric of Social Movements: Networks, Power, and New Media suggests a framework for the study of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Ancient Rhetorics and Digital Networks

    Series series Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
    An examination of two seemingly incongruous areas of study: classical models of argumentation and modern modes of digital communicationWhat can ancient rhetorical theory possibly tell us about the role of new digital media technologies in contemporary public culture? Some central issues we currently deal with—making sense of information abundance, persuading others in our social network, ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Dewey for a New Age of Fascism

    Teaching Democratic Habits

    by Nathan Crick ...
    Series series Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation
    During the rise of fascism in the early twentieth century, American philosopher and educational reformer John Dewey argued that the greatest threat to democracy was not a political regime or even an aggressive foreign power but rather a set of dispositions or attitudes. Though not fascist in and of themselves, these habits of thought—rugged individualism and ideological nationalism—lay the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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