Arguing over Texts: The Rhetoric of Interpretation
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (636 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190677120 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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He researches and publishes in the history of rhetoric, rhetorical and argumentation theory, the rhetoric of religion, and college writing.. Martin Camper is Assistant Professor of Writing at Loyola University Maryland, where he teaches courses in rhetoric, writing, argument, and style
Drawing on contemporary research in language, persuasion, and cognition, Camper expands the scope of the interpretive stases to cover textual controversies in virtually any context. Whether in the courtrooms of our judiciaries or over our dining room tables, we argue over what these texts mean as we apply them to our lives. From the Constitution to the Bible, from literary classics to political sound bites, our modern lives are filled with numerous texts that govern and influence our behavior and beliefs. The interpretive stases identify general, recurring debates over textual meaning and catalogue the lines of reasoning arguers may employ to support their preferred interpretations. Arguing over Texts will appeal to anyone who is interested in analyzing and constructing interpretive arguments.. Various schools of hermeneutics offer theories of how we generally understand the world around us or how to read certain types of texts to arrive at the correct or best interpretation, but most neglect the argumentative and persuasive nature of every act of interpretation.In Arguing over Texts, Martin Camper presents a rhetorical method for understanding the
"Camper's book rejuvenates the interpretive stases, a classical technique for analyzing arguments, and applies them to an intriguing range of historical cruxes, from questions about the authenticity of the Donation of Constantine to the sexual orientation of Abraham Lincoln and on into modern times. Arguably, the interpretive stases underpin the whole humanistic enterprise of hermeneutics, including literary theory and reception theory. This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of a neglected aspect of classical rhetoric."-Patricia Bizzell, Professor of English, Distinguished Professor of Humanities, College of t