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About the Author
David L. Marshall is associate professor of communication at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Vico and the Transformation of Rhetoric in Early Modern Europe.
Reviews
"Beautifully researched and written, The Weimar Origins of Rhetorical Inquiry provides major contributions to high modern intellectual history, political theory, and to the history and theory of rhetoric. I won't be alone in seeing these neighboring fields differently after reading the book. At the same time the book speaks to a broader political culture: especially compelling is how Marshall provides a historically rich account of rhetorical possibility in para-democratic times." -- Daniel M. Gross, University of California Irvine
"This is a wonderful, groundbreaking, and genuinely important book, one that won't be read just in the next couple years, but one that will reward coming back to years from now. Not only is it brilliant in its depth of analysis and understanding of key figures, but it does hugely important work, carving out strong rhetorical content within what has heretofore been received as nearly exclusively philosophical or aesthetic work. The fact that Marshall does so with such rigor further backs the impact of his argument." -- Thomas Rickert, Purdue University
"The Weimar Origins of Rhetorical Inquiry is as rewarding as it is ambitious. By relocating the rhetorical tradition within an intellectual topology of Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin, and Warburg, the reader is brought to careful reconsideration of both modern and classical concepts. While erudite and bristling with insights, the book ultimately is a powerful study in method. All that remains is for other scholars to put it to work." -- Robert Hariman, Northwestern University
Book Information
ISBN 9780226722214
Author David L. Marshall
Format Hardback
Page Count 392
Imprint University of Chicago Press
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Weight(grams) 626g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 36mm