Argument in Composition

Front cover\r......Page 1
Series page\r......Page 3
Title page\r......Page 4
Copyright page\r......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Series Editor’s Preface......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
1 Introduction: Why Argument Matters......Page 16
Coming to an Understanding of Argument......Page 18
John Leo, “Cultural Relativism Leaves Some Blind to Evil” (2001, Universal Press Syndicate), 10/15/01......Page 20
Stanley Fish, “Condemnation without Absolutes”......Page 22
Discussion of Leo and Fish Part I: Some Theoretical Background......Page 24
Discussion of Leo and Fish Part II: Getting from Duality to Commitment......Page 28
Leo and Fish Part III: The Elements of Argument......Page 30
Argument and “the purification of war”......Page 38
Why students Need Argument......Page 43
Argument and Critical Literacy......Page 44
Argument and Identity......Page 48
Ethics and Argument......Page 53
Notes......Page 61
2 The History of Argument......Page 62
Philosophy vs Rhetoric......Page 63
Rhetoric’s Ossification Problem......Page 75
Introduction to Kenneth Burke......Page 80
Introduction to Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca......Page 86
Stephen Toulmin......Page 99
Summary......Page 107
Notes......Page 110
The Fallacy Debate......Page 111
The Pragma-Dialectical Approach to Fallacies......Page 116
Alternatives to Focusing on Argument in a Writing Class: Critical/Cultural Studies......Page 119
Expressivist Pedagogy......Page 122
Procedural Rhetoric......Page 131
To Teach or Not to Teach . . . Propaganda......Page 135
What Is Propaganda? Burke and Ellul......Page 136
Propaganda in a Nutshell......Page 149
Notes......Page 152
What Works in Teaching Writing......Page 153
Best Practices......Page 156
Liberatory Rhetoric......Page 159
Works Cited......Page 164
Scholarly Works......Page 165
Feminism and Argument......Page 170
Works Cited......Page 174
Argument Textbooks......Page 175
Scholarly Works......Page 176
Service Learning and Argument......Page 179
Works Cited......Page 182
Scholarly Works......Page 183
Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and Writing in the Disciplines (WID)......Page 187
Argument Textbooks......Page 190
Anthropology......Page 191
Business......Page 192
Economics......Page 194
Political Science......Page 195
Computers and Writing......Page 196
Works Cited......Page 199
Textbooks......Page 201
Scholarly Works......Page 202
Visual Rhetoric......Page 204
Works Cited......Page 208
Textbooks......Page 209
Scholarly Works......Page 210
5 Glossary of Terms......Page 212
6 Annotated Bibliography......Page 226
Works Cited......Page 260
Index......Page 264
About the Authors......Page 270