Book contents
- Arguing, Obeying and Defying
- Arguing, Obeying and Defying
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Obedience Experiments
- 2 Re-Evaluating Milgram
- 3 A Rhetorical Perspective
- 4 From Standardised Procedure to Flexible Rhetoric
- 5 From Proximity to Argumentation
- 6 From Passive Agents to Active Rhetoricians
- 7 From a Physical to a Rhetorical Metaphor
- Conclusion
- Appendix Transcription Conventions
- References
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2019
Book contents
- Arguing, Obeying and Defying
- Arguing, Obeying and Defying
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Obedience Experiments
- 2 Re-Evaluating Milgram
- 3 A Rhetorical Perspective
- 4 From Standardised Procedure to Flexible Rhetoric
- 5 From Proximity to Argumentation
- 6 From Passive Agents to Active Rhetoricians
- 7 From a Physical to a Rhetorical Metaphor
- Conclusion
- Appendix Transcription Conventions
- References
- Index
Summary
This section provides a brief introduction to the Milgram experiments and to the argument to be developed in the book. In order to set the scene, it provides an overview of the impact that Milgram’s work has had in the social sciences and beyond, as well as introducing the analytic perspective to be developed in the book. The Introduction concludes with a brief overview of each of the chapters to follow.
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- Arguing, Obeying and DefyingA Rhetorical Perspective on Stanley Milgram's Obedience Experiments, pp. 1 - 13Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019