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Liberalism and the problem of knowledge : a new rhetoric for modern democracy /
  • Title:Liberalism and the problem of knowledge : a new rhetoric for modern democracy / Charles Arthur Willard.
  • Author:Willard, Charles Arthur.
  • Publisher:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1996.
  • ISBN:0226898458 (cloth : alk. paper)
    9780226898452 (cloth : alk. paper)
    0226898466 (pbk : alk. paper)
    9780226898469 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • Format:Book
  • Physical Desc:x, 384 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Contents:
    Introduction: The Yankee Way to Knowledge
    pt. I. The Public and Its Problems: One More Time. 1. Authenticity and the Rhetoric of Trauma. 2. Romancing the Gesellschaft: Community and the Fallacy of Common Ground. 3. Commensuration and Unificationism. 4. Foucault's Trap. 5. Pluralism, the Public, and the Problem of Knowledge. 6. Democracy in America: A Thought Experiment
    pt. II. Discourse across Differences. 7. Epistemics. 8. The Uses of Argument Fields. 9. Fields as Organizations. 10. A Theory of Presumption. 11. Desperately Seeking Dewey. 12. Epilogue: A Rhetoric for Modern Democracy.
  • Subjects:Liberalism.
    Democracy.
    Epistemics.
  • Local Notes:Purchased with funds from Library fines
  • Held at:Local Database
     
  • Holdings Information

    • Database:Local Database
    • Status:Available
    • Location:Bird-4th Floor
    • Call Number: JC574 .W55 1996
     
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