The Dao of rhetoric /
In the first book to systematically deal with Daoism (Taoism) from a rhetorical perspective, author Steven C. Combs advances the idea that the works of Daoist (Taoist) sages Laozi (Loa Tzu), Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and Sunzi (Sun Tzu) can be fused into a coherent rhetorical genre, which can then form...
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Albany :
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©2005.
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| Series: | SUNY series in communication studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Rhetoric East and West.
- Culture, text, and context.
- Laozi and the natural way of rhetoric.
- Zhuangzi and the rhetoric of evocation.
- Sunzi and the rhetoric of parsimony.
- Daoist rhetorical criticism.
- Is The Tao of Steve really "The way"?
- Values East and West in Antz and A bug's life.
- Shrek as the daoist hero.
- The future of the past.
