Rhetoric and Marxism / James Arnt Aune.
This book is the first extended study about the relationship between Marxism and the rhetorical tradition. Aune suggests that the classical texts of Marx and Engels wavered incoherently between positivist and romantic views of language and communication-views made possible by the decline of the rhet...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2019.
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| Series: | Polemics series.
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| Summary: | This book is the first extended study about the relationship between Marxism and the rhetorical tradition. Aune suggests that the classical texts of Marx and Engels wavered incoherently between positivist and romantic views of language and communication-views made possible by the decline of the rhetorical tradition as a cultural force. Though Western Marxism attempted to resolve this incoherence, it lacked a satisfactory theory of its own. Aune argues that the liberating impulse of Marxist tradition, ultimately, would be better served if we paid closer attention to the rhetorical history of the labor movement and to the role of public discourse in arousing or quieting revolutionary consciousness. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 187 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-176) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429304774 0429304773 9781000274141 1000274144 9781000238204 1000238202 9781000310085 1000310086 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 2, 2019) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | James Arnt Aune is associate professor of communication at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. |