Appeals to reason : negotiating rhetorical responsibility and dialectical constraints in church-state separation discourse

This dissertation explores how argumentation theory can supplement models of responsible persuasion in rhetoric and writing studies. In particular, it demonstrates how reasoning as envisioned in the pragma-dialectical approach of argumentation can provide an alternative to exclusionary, unethical op...

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Main Author: Battistelli, Todd Joseph
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/24942