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Pros and Cons
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95Pros and Cons: A Debaters Handbook offers a unique and invaluable guide to current controversies, providing material for debate on a wide range of topics. Arguments for and against each subject appear in adjacent columns for easy comparison, and related topics and suggestions for possible motions are listed at the end of each entry. Since its publication... more...
Die Kunst des Streitens
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2010; US$ 50.04Hauptbeschreibung Streit als ein Mittel zur Aushandlung von Interessenskonflikten ist eine Konstante menschlicher Gemeinschaft. So verwundert es nicht, dass Streit, beginnend mit Kain und Abel oder dem Zorn des Achill, von den ersten Anfängen an ein fortwährendes Thema der europäischen Kultur ist. Jenseits von Krieg und Gewalt enthält Streit auch... more...
Competitive Debate
DK Publishing 2008; US$ 16.95The bible for debaters and their coaches. Nearly every high school and college in America has a debate club and/or a debate team. There are hundreds of competitions at the county and state level, culminating in heated national competitions. Yet, at many high schools and colleges, coaches are drawn from the history or English departments with little... more...
From Conflict to Recognition
Editions Rodopi 2012; US$ 66.00This volume will be of interest to scholars examining the relationship between culture and identity, concepts of individual and group agency in multicultural settings, and the effect that our globalising world has on regional cultural systems and local communities. From Conflict to Recognition: Moving Multiculturalism Forward grew out of research presented... more...
De Redelijkheid van de Klassieke Retorica
Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 82.50De redelijkheid van Klassieke Retorica bevat een ongewone kijk op de klassieke retorica. Deze wordt nu niet gezien als een verzameling opportunistische adviezen om een zaak hoe dan ook te winnen, maar als een vroege bijdrage aan het opstellen van 'regels voor redelijke discussies'. Klassiek-retorische begrippen als stasis (geschil- of bewijslastpunt),... more...
Argumentation in Higher Education
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 46.95Argumentation in Higher Education offers professors, lecturers and researchers informative guidance for teaching effective argumentation skills to their undergraduate and graduate students. This professional guide aims to make the complex topic of argumentation open and transparent. Grounded in empirical research and theory, but with student voices... more...
Traditions of Controversy
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2007; US$ 165.00Controversies may be particularly prominent in one or another culture. Yet, there is hardly any culture where they do not exist. This book assumes that the practice of controversy, along with its theorization, constitutes ? in each of the cultures and disciplines where it develops ? a tradition. Whether there are enough shared elements in these traditions... more...
Gifted Tongues
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 42.00Learning to argue and persuade in a highly competitive environment is only one aspect of life on a high-school debate team. Teenage debaters also participate in a distinct cultural world--complete with its own jargon and status system--in which they must negotiate complicated relationships with teammates, competitors, coaches, and parents as well... more...
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