This essay focuses on studying rhetoric and philosophy. The areas of study known as rhetoric and philosophy have a contentious history stretching back thousands of years. Yet, many of the issues they engage are either complementary or identical.
Please write a book report on the book: Rhetoric and Poetics in Antiquity, by Jeffrey Walker (. (ISBN: 0195130359) for me basing on the following instructions: Type the MLA citation for the book on the top of the page. Then include the following:
Firstly, Basic Knowledge: Identify three ways in which this book distinctively advanced your theoretical knowledge of the rhetoric and philosophy of communication.
Secondly, Metaphor and Argument: State the central question(s) of scholarly inquiry guiding the book. Locate the dominant themes or idea clusters (metaphor or metaphor pattern) and relate it to the key scholarly argument you encountered in the book. Respond to the author’s position, making explicit your own rhetorical or philosophical standpoint (assumptions, biases, perspectives, etc.)
Thirdly, Relevance: Make a case for the relevance of this book to the communication classroom and the marketplace. In what ways you can appropriate and apply what you have learned? Please observe a 200-250 word limit per section for 1, 2, 3 above. This is a 600-750 word total for this book.
The areas of study known as rhetoric and philosophy have a contentious history stretching back thousands of years. Yet, many of the issues they engage are either complementary or identical. Those studying rhetoric and philosophy engage in a synthetic study of human knowledge, value, and action in a way different from those scholars working in the fields of rhetoric or philosophy proper. Methods, scholarly sources, and issues often reflect the hybrid and synthetic nature of those working in the nexus between philosophy and rhetoric.