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The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania
"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...
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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"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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270) and index. - English. - Print version record
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.