Winning Arguments
What Works and Doesn't Work in Politics, the Bedroom, the Courtroom, and the Classroom
1st Edition
Published on 5. July 2016
158 pages
978-0-06-222668-6 (ISBN)
Description
Fish mines cultural touchstones from Milton to Married with Children to explain how various types of arguments are structured and how that understanding can lead to victory New York Times Book Review A lively and accessible guide to understanding rhetoric by the world class English and Law professor and bestselling author of How to Write a Sentence.Filled with the wit and observational prowess that shaped Stanley Fishs acclaimed bestseller How to Write a Sentence, Winning Arguments guides readers through the greatest hits of rhetoric. In this clever and engaging guide, Fish offers insight and outlines the crucial keys you need to win any debate, anywhere, anytimedrawn from landmark legal cases, politics, his own career, and even popular film and television. A celebration of clashing minds and viewpoints, Winning Arguments is sure to become a classic.
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What Works and Doesn't Work in Politics, the Bedroom, the Courtroom, and the Classroom
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What Works and Doesn't Work in Politics, the Bedroom, the Courtroom, and the Classroom
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Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Introduction, or What This Book Promises to Do
- CHAPTER 1 Living in a World of Argument
- CHAPTER 2 Political Arguments
- CHAPTER 3 Domestic Arguments
- CHAPTER 4 Legal Arguments
- CHAPTER 5 Academic Arguments
- CHAPTER 6 Why We Canâ?Tt Get Along
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Also by Stanley Fish
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
