The Strategy of Rhetoric
| Author | : Riker, William Harrison Riker |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 1996-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0300061692 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780300061697 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (697 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Strategy of Rhetoric written by Riker, William Harrison Riker and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He discusses several heresthetical maneuvers that made the Federalists' narrow victory possible, such as their proposal of a constitution that was broader than most citizens would have preferred, and their design of the ratification process as a take-it-or-leave-it proposition, so that they could prevent any ratifying state from altering it. Riker concludes by examining the relationship between rhetoric and heresthetic. He shows that both were necessary for the Federalist victory: rhetoric, to build support for Federalist positions, and heresthetic, to structure the choice process so that this level of support would be sufficient.
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