Rhetoric : a very short introduction (Record no. 24842)
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| control field | OSt |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780199651368 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | G 808 |
| Item number | TOYE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Toye, Richard |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Rhetoric : a very short introduction |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Oxford University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 122p; paperback |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Rhetoric was once an essential part of western education. Aristotle wrote an important treatise on it and Demosthenes remains famous to this day for his skills as a rhetorician. But skill with rhetoric today is no longer admired. Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language-empty words, empty rhetoric--and therefore as something quite negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the "art of persuasion," it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we are constantly exposed to the rhetoric of others. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Toye explores the purpose of rhetoric. Rather than presenting a defense of it, he considers it as the foundation-stone of civil society, and an essential part of any democratic process. Using wide-ranging examples from ancient Greece, medieval Islamic preaching, the wartime speeches of Winston Churchill, and modern cinema, Toye considers why we should all have an appreciation of the art of rhetoric. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Rhetoric. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Rhetoric -- History. |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Kilachand Library | Kilachand Library | 21/11/2017 | Book World | 225.00 | DOSCO | RB/5505/17-18 | 1 | G 808 TOYE | 026689 | 07/03/2020 | 17/07/2019 | 11/06/2017 | Books |