Burkean transcendence and ultimate terms in rhetoric by and about James Watt |
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| Authors: | Barry Brummett |
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| Institution: | Assistant Professor of Communication , Purdue University |
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| Abstract: | The essay examines some Burkean theory to show how governments should rhetorically manage the distribution of scarce resources. Interior Secretary James Watt's rhetoric is shown to be flawed because it is based on dialectical rather than ultimate frames of acceptance, and because his persona is inconsistent with his rhetoric. |
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