| Description |
x, 384 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
New practices of inquiry |
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New practices of inquiry.
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| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-371) and index. |
| Subject |
Liberalism.
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Democracy.
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Epistemics.
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| ISBN |
0226898458 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226898466 paperback alkaline paper |
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