Rhetorical Argumentation: Principles of Theory and Practice

Tindale (Trent U., Ontario, Canada) presents a text explaining the rhetorical approach to argumentation, and demonstrating that it is through its rhetorical features that argumentation as a communicative practice can best be understood and adopted. The author explores the processes involved in the argumentative exchanges between arguers and audiences, and the collaborative nature of the arguer-audience relationship. For advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in communication, rhetoric, argumentation, informal logic, critical thinking, conflict resolution, and related fields. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR