Why “Anticolonial” International Rhetorical Studies?

Because Thomas More did not introduce grand programs of Utopian policy through new legislation, or modify the fundamental nature of British law with principles of humanist jurisprudence, most scholars regard More as a follower of Cardinal Wolsey’s legal innovations and not much of a reformer himself. This essay will challenge that perception, presenting More as a humanist reformer by examining the importance of equity to humanist legal and rhetorical studies and by showing how More viewed the law as part of the liberal arts.

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Integrity, Honesty, and Truth Seeking

10.1093/oso/9780190666026.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Psychology History ◽

Rhetorical Studies

Integrity, honesty, and truth seeking are important virtues that most people care about and want to see promoted in society. Yet surprisingly, there has been relatively little work among scholars today aimed at helping us better understand this cluster of virtues related to truth. This volume incorporates the insights and perspectives of experts working in a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, law, communication and rhetorical studies, theology, psychology, history, and education. For each virtue, there is a conceptual chapter, an application chapter, and a developmental chapter. The resulting volume significantly deepens our knowledge about and appreciation for these central virtues.

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The Jesuits and Rhetorical Studies in Nineteenth- and Twentieth- Century America

Traditions of Eloquence ◽

10.1515/9780823264551-011 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 141-161

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Rhetorical Studies ◽

Twentieth Century America

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The schematic structure of Spanish PhD thesis introductions

Spanish in Context ◽

10.1075/sic.6.2.01car ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 151-175 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

María Carbonell-Olivares ◽

Luz Gil-Salom ◽

Carmen Soler-Monreal

Keyword(s):

Academic Writing ◽

Spanish Literature ◽

Genre Studies ◽

Doctoral Thesis ◽

Rhetorical Studies ◽

Phd Theses ◽

Academic Genres ◽

Phd Thesis

Since the 1990s written academic genres have received considerable attention in discourse and rhetorical studies, especially texts written in English. Although few studies describe PhD theses as a genre, some work has been carried out on their macrostructure and the rhetorical moves of certain sections. In the Spanish literature, genre studies on academic writing are scarce relative to those in English, especially in the case of doctoral theses. We analyse the introductions of 21 doctoral theses in computing written in Spanish using Bunton’s model (2002) for thesis introductions in English. The results indicate that most of the steps in this model are applicable to our corpus, but several new steps and sub-steps have been distinguished to account for the observed moves of Spanish PhD thesis introductions. The complexity of the thesis introduction is related to the scope and depth of the research carried out for a doctoral thesis, the need to display extensive knowledge of the field and to justify the relevance of the research.

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