Democracy & Rhetoric : John Dewey on the Arts of Becoming

Nathan Crick

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Published by University Of South Carolina Press Mär 2010, 2010

1570038767 / 9781570038761

Series: Book 25 of 69 - Studies in Rhetoric & Communication

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Neuware - This title presents 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 interdisciplinary insights from philosophy, history, sociology, aesthetics, and political science as he demonstrates that significant engagement with issues of rhetoric and communication are central to Dewey's political philosophy. In his rhetorical reading of Dewey, Crick examines the sophistical underpinnings of Dewey's philosophy and finds it much informed by notions of radical individuality, aesthetic experience, creative intelligence, and persuasive advocacy as essential to the formation of communities of judgment. Crick illustrates that for Dewey rhetoric is an art situated within a complex and challenging social and natural environment, wielding influence and authority for those well versed in its methods and capable of experimenting with its practice. From this standpoint the unique and necessary function of rhetoric in a democracy is to advance minority views in such a way that they might have the opportunity to transform overarching public opinion through persuasion in an egalitarian public arena. The truest power of rhetoric in a democracy then is the liberty for one to influence the many through free, full, and fluid communication. Ultimately Crick argues that Dewey's sophistical rhetorical values and techniques form a naturalistic 'ontology of becoming' in which discourse is valued for its capacity to guide a self, a public, and a world in flux toward some improved incarnation. Appreciation of this ontology of becoming - of democracy as a communication-driven work in progress - gives greater social breadth and historical scope to Dewey's philosophy while solidifying his lasting contributions to rhetoric in an active and democratic public sphere.…

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Democracy & Rhetoric : John Dewey on the Arts of Becoming
Author
Nathan Crick
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University Of South Carolina Press Mär 2010
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2010
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Language
English
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9781570038761
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Book 25 of 69: Studies in Rhetoric & Communication

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