Communication, Science & Revolution

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Examines how beliefs built upon assumptions common to science and revolution influenced the modern world's understanding of communication. Develops more completely and philosophically the rhetorical perspective introduced in Communication and Persuasion by applying the particular perspective to contemporary systems of belief. Covers the rhetorical-communication theories of the Sophists, Plato, Aristotle, Weaver, Burke, Grassi, and others.