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Overview
Through a critical analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises Cecil Blake revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the "darkness metaphor" -- the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans. Blake offers a thorough examination of Ptah-hotep and core African ethical principles (Maat) and engages rhetorical scholarship within the wider discourse of African development. In so doing, he establishes a direct relationship between rhetoric and development studies in non-western societies and highlights the prospect for applying such principles to ameliorating the development malaise of the continent.
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- ISBN-13: 9780415997713
- ISBN-10: 0415997712
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish Date: May 2009
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
- Page Count: 156
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