Why Argument Matters by Lee Siegel - 9780300271072

Yale University Press

Why Argument MattersAuthor(s): Lee Siegel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Yale University Press, United States\nImprint: Yale University Press\nISBN-13: 9780300271072, 978-0300271072\nSynopsis\nHailed by the New York Times as a book that examines the role that argument has played throughout history and how it has shaped human existence An invigorating reflection on the nature and value of disagreement. . . . Sharp and taut. . . . A lesson in a well-constructed argument [url] Weekly, starred review Perhaps more than any other commentary, Why Argument Matters illuminates the root causes of our partisan, venomous, irrational timesand yet somehow rescues from the morass the true nature of argument, its power and [url] Wolff, author ofFire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House From Eves crafty exchange with the serpent, to Martin Luther King [url] soaring, subtle ultimatums, to the throes of Twitterarguments drainpipethe human desire to prevail with words has been not just a moral but .