Teaching Writing, Rhetoric, And Reason At The Globalizing University

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Title:Teaching Writing, Rhetoric, And Reason At The Globalizing UniversityISBN13:9780367568856ISBN10:0367568853Author:Samuels, Robert (Author)Description:This Timely Intervention Into Composition Studies Presents A Case For The Need To Teach All Students A Shared System Of Communication And Logic Based On The Modern Globalizing Ideals Of Universality, Neutrality, And Empiricism 　 Based On A Series Of Close Readings Of Contemporary Writing By Stanley Fish, Asao Inoue, Doug Downs And Elizabeth Wardle, Richard Rorty, Slavoj Zizek, And Steven Pinker, This Book Critiques Recent Arguments That Traditional Approaches To Teaching Writing, Grammar, And Argumentation Foster Marginalization, Oppression, And The Restriction Of Student Agency Instead, It Argues That The Best Way To Help And Protect A Diverse Global Student Body Is To Promote A Mode Of Academic Discourse Dedicated To The Impartial Judgment Of Empirical Facts Communicated In An Open And Clear Manner It Provides A Critical Analysis Of Core Topics In Composition Studies, Including The Teaching Of Grammar; Notions Of Objectivity And Neutrality; Empiricism And Pragmatism; Identity Politics; And Postmodernism 　 Aimed At Graduate Students And Junior Instructors In Rhetoric And Composition, As Well As More Seasoned Scholars And Program Administrators, This Polemical Book Provides An Accessible Staging Of Key Debates That All Writing Instructors Must Grapple With Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:RoutledgePublication Date:2020-11-26Weight:0.65 lbsDimensions:Number of Pages:140Language:English