Metaphysics as Rhetoric Monique R. Bernsen

Metaphysics as Rhetoric Monique R. BernsenParens argues that Alfarabi, the tenth century Muslim philosopher, demonstrated that Plato is not the originator of Western metaphysics, and that what appears to be Plato's metaphysics was intended as a rhetorical defense of his politics. The most widely accepted view in the West today, particularly among postmodernists, is that Plato attempted to ground politics on a rational metaphysics and initiated the tradition of foundationalism that has given

This book addresses the problem of religion

resilience-based approaches

racial injustices

both verbal and visual

This volume illustrates a variety of examples worthy of further study

and post-modern cultural and political theories into a conversation about the changes that are occurring in the educational arena

covering both host resistance and techniques of managing scab

The burgeoning field of visual literacy can be universally understood across a wide variety of cultural backgrounds

is repeatedly centre stage

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it teases out ideas based on solid documentation from those based on theory and fancy

Topics covered include the oral dimensions of scripture