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Words Like Loaded Pistols: The Power of Rhetoric from the Iron Age to the Information Age

Words Like Loaded Pistols: The Power of Rhetoric from the Iron Age to the Information Age

Leith, Sam

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral Political ScienceSelf-Help

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 1541603737
ISBN13: 9781541603738
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: May 9 2023
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.70
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
An engaging exploration of how people have taught, practiced, and thought about rhetoric--from the Iron Age to today

An entertaining history of great oratory. --New Yorker

Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it's not just for politicians: it's all around us, whether you're buttering up a key client or persuading your children to eat their vegetables. You have been using rhetoric yourself, all your life. After all, you know what a rhetorical question is, don't you?

In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of argument from ancient Greece through the present day. He introduces verbal villains from Hitler to Donald Trump--and the three musketeers: ethos, pathos, and logos. He explains how rhetoric works in speeches from Cicero to Zelensky and pays tribute to the rhetorical brilliance of AC/DC's Back in Black. Before you know it, you'll be confident in chiasmus and proud of your panegyrics--because rhetoric is useful, relevant, and crucial to understanding the world around us.

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