The Practice of Theory
Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Pedagogy in the Academy
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- Author: Michael F. Bernard-Donals, University of Missouri, Columbia
- Date Published: June 1998
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521595063
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Though theory has become a common language in the humanities in recent years, the relation between theoretical speculation and its practical application has yet to be fully addressed. In The Practice of Theory, Michael Bernard-Donals examines the connection between theory and pedagogy at the level of practice. He asks how such a practice works not only to change the way we read and speak with one another, but also the conditions in which these activities become possible. Bernard-Donals argues that the most sophisticated practice linking pedagogy to theory is rhetoric, but the version of this tradition in thinkers like Rorty and Fish is never broad enough. The conception of rhetoric he proposes instead is linked to other human and natural sciences. The practice of theory investigates the degree to which a materialistic rhetoric can reinvigorate the link between theory, teaching and practice, and offers a sustained reflection on the production of knowledge across a broad range of contemporary disciplines.
Read more- Offers first sustained look at use of theory in pedagogical situations
- Links current theories of rhetoric to much broader, interdisciplinary conception, challenging Rorty and Fish's theories of language
- Examines the influences of Plato, Dilthey, Althusser and Bhaskar
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- Date Published: June 1998
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521595063
- length: 263 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.312kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Gorgias, Phaedrus, and the rhetorical formulation of the extra-discursive
2. Aristotle on rhetoric, phronesis, and practical knowledge
3. A rhetorical reading of the human sciences: towards antifoundationalism
4. Rorty and the mirror of nature: hermeneutics and the possibility of social change
5. Louise Phelps and theory: towards a human science disciplined by practical wisdom
6. Liberatory pedagogy, conceptual knowledge: towards a practical wisdom disciplined by scientific observation
7. Toward a materialistic rhetoric: writing the conditions of the incommensurable.
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