Robin Reames

Jan 12, 2025 | bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com | Robin Reames |Robert Sutton |Huggy Rao |Michiko Kakutani

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Mar 19, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Robin Reames |Sloane Crosley |Colum McCann |Diane Foley

A scholar of rhetoric makes the case that reviving the teaching of rhetoric and language can help bridge our destructive political and social divide. Reames, a professor of English at the University of Illinois–Chicago, breathes life into the study and technique of rhetoric, specifically why words are selected and how they can be used to change one’s thinking about delving below the surface of ideology in order to yield more civil and productive interaction.

Feb 20, 2024 | psyche.co | Robin Reames

Sophists like Protagoras used the rhetoric of antilogic to escape from the illusion of truth and make room for uncertaintyIn Syracuse, 2,500 years ago, there was a famous teacher of rhetoric named Corax. This new discipline was in high demand: mastery of persuasive speaking, it was hoped, led to fame and wealth. As the story goes, Corax’s most talented student was Tisias. Corax agreed to teach Tisias with the understanding that the student would pay when he won his first court case.