Rhetorical Argumentation and Extremism

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-34413-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

Rhetorical Argumentation and Extremism explores the role indirect argumentation plays, and has played, in changing societies by bringing positions previously regarded as extremist into the status quo.

After building the theoretical foundations of the project, the concept of extremism is employed as an issue of wide interest that then serves as a vehicle to illustrate the claims about rhetorical argumentation. A case is made for why the rhetorical perspective on argumentation is best placed to act as the theory of choice for the book, before a series of cases studies illustrates past and present instances of societal modification by means of the strategies of rhetorical argumentation. Exploring cases such as suffrage, the Arab Spring, Occupy Wallstreet, and Climate Change, the contributing authors identify some of the principal strategies involved in such argumentation and offer suggestions for developing them. The insights acquired allow for the further study and development of key strategies in the later chapters.

This volume will interest scholars and advanced students of argumentation, critical thinking, and rhetoric.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tindale, Christopher W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprechwissenschaft, Rhetorik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part 1. Theory 1. Defining Extremism; 2. Argumentation Theories; 3. The Rhetorical Perspective on Argumentation Part 2. Cases 4. A Modifying View: The Case of Nellie McClung; 5. Argumentative Use of Slogans: The Case of the Egypt Uprising; 6. Occupy Wall Street and Accusation: Failed Extremist Argumentation; 7. The Rhetoric of Election Controversy; 8. Changing Consciousness on Climate Change Part 3. Developments 9. Ethos, Collective Ethos and Trust; 10. Argumentative Strategies of Extremism; Glossary; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher W. Tindale is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Windsor, Canada, and co-editor of the journal Informal Logic. Author of many papers in argumentation theory, and recent books include Plato’s Reasons: Logician, Rhetorician, Dialectician (2023), How We Argue (Routledge 2022) and The Anthropology of Argument (Routledge 2021).