Deliberate Conflict: Argument, Political Theory, and Composition Classes

@book{citeulike:1341522, abstract = {{In Deliberate Conflict: Argument, Political Theory, and Composition Classes, Patricia Roberts-Miller argues that much current discourse about argument pedagogy is hampered by fundamental unspoken disagreements over what democratic public discourse should look like. The book's pivotal question is: In what kind of public discourse do we want our students to engage? To answer this, the text provides a taxonomy, discussion, and evaluation of political theories underpinning democratic discourse, highlighting the relationship between various models of the public sphere and rhetorical theory. <P>Roberts-Miller seeks to diffuse student antagonism toward argumentation by increasing instructors' awareness of different models of democracy in argument pedagogy. She provides a range of theories, discussing the major features and rhetorical applicability of the liberal, the interest-based, the communitarian, and the deliberative models of the public domain. <P>Deliberate Conflict cogently advocates reintegrating instruction in argumentation into the composition curriculum. By linking effective argumentation in the public sphere with the ability to affect social change, Roberts-Miller pushes compositionists beyond a simplistic Aristotelian conception of how argumentation works and offers a means by which to prepare students for active participation in public discourse.}}, author = {Roberts-Miller, Patricia}, citeulike-article-id = {1341522}, howpublished = {Hardcover}, isbn = {0809325667}, keywords = {argument, composition, politics, violence}, month = {June}, posted-at = {2007-05-29 18:48:17}, priority = {2}, publisher = {{Southern Illinois University}}, title = {Deliberate Conflict: Argument, Political Theory, and Composition Classes}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0809325667}, year = {2004} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:1341522 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1341522 N2 - {In Deliberate Conflict: Argument, Political Theory, and Composition Classes, Patricia Roberts-Miller argues that much current discourse about argument pedagogy is hampered by fundamental unspoken disagreements over what democratic public discourse should look like. The book's pivotal question is: In what kind of public discourse do we want our students to engage? To answer this, the text provides a taxonomy, discussion, and evaluation of political theories underpinning democratic discourse, highlighting the relationship between various models of the public sphere and rhetorical theory. <P>Roberts-Miller seeks to diffuse student antagonism toward argumentation by increasing instructors' awareness of different models of democracy in argument pedagogy. She provides a range of theories, discussing the major features and rhetorical applicability of the liberal, the interest-based, the communitarian, and the deliberative models of the public domain. <P>Deliberate Conflict cogently advocates reintegrating instruction in argumentation into the composition curriculum. By linking effective argumentation in the public sphere with the ability to affect social change, Roberts-Miller pushes compositionists beyond a simplistic Aristotelian conception of how argumentation works and offers a means by which to prepare students for active participation in public discourse.} SN - 0809325667 TI - Deliberate Conflict: Argument, Political Theory, and Composition Classes PB - {Southern Illinois University} KW - argument KW - composition KW - politics KW - violence AU - Roberts-Miller, Patricia PY - 2004/06/09/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0809325667 ER -