Scare Tactics: Arguments that Appeal to Fear and Threats (Argumentation Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9048155525 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 218 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The book is a scholarly contribution to argumentation theory. In addition to the examples taken from logic textbooks, other cases treated come from a variety of sources, including political debates, legal arguments, and arguments from media sources, like magazine articles and television ads. Many of these arguments are amusing, once you see the clever tactic used; others are scary. It is written in an accessible style, and uses many colorful and provocative examples of fear and threat appeal arguments that are suitable for classroom discussions. Scare Tactics, the first book on the subject, provides a theory of the structure of reasoning used in fear and threat appeal argumentation. The new dialectical theory is based on case studies of many interesting examples of the use of these arguments in advertising, public relations, politic
Near-brilliant book That can't fairly be encapsulated in an on-line review. Unfortunately, with an absurd price tag like this, not too many people are going to read it, and I agree with them. This price is greed at its worst. Try the library or borrow a copy, as I did.