Political Argumentation in the United States : Historical and contemporary studies. Selected essays by David Zarefsky.

Especially during Barack Obama's first campaign for the presidency, commentators and Obama himself noted several similarities between him and Abraham Lincoln. These comparisons became the premises for arguments from historical analogy. Such arguments can have several purposes, including making...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zarefsky, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Temas:
Persuasion (Rhetoric) > Political aspects > United States.
Communication > Political aspects > United States.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States.
Interviewing > United States.
Conversation analysis > United States.
Reasoning.
Communication > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Discours politique > États-Unis.
Entretiens > États-Unis.
Analyse de la conversation > États-Unis.
Communication > Political aspects
Conversation analysis
Interviewing
Persuasion (Rhetoric) > Political aspects
Reasoning
Rhetoric > Political aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Especially during Barack Obama's first campaign for the presidency, commentators and Obama himself noted several similarities between him and Abraham Lincoln. These comparisons became the premises for arguments from historical analogy. Such arguments can have several purposes, including making a direct comparison, using the past as a new frame of reference for the present, and suggesting teleology. Each of these uses has pitfalls as well as promises. Obama, however, used analogies to make a fortiori arguments, indicating that if Lincoln could surmount greater obstacles, we should be able to su.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:1322110158
9781322110158
9789027269904
9027269904

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