Book Review| March 01 2015 Letters to Power: Public Advocacy Without Public Intellectuals Letters to Power: Public Advocacy Without Public Intellectuals. By Samuel McCormick. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011; pp. 197. $64.95 cloth; $22.95 paper. James H. Collier James H. Collier Virginia Tech Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2015) 18 (1): 195–198. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.18.1.0195 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation James H. Collier; Letters to Power: Public Advocacy Without Public Intellectuals. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2015; 18 (1): 195–198. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.18.1.0195 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2015 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2015 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Meta-cognitive work and consideration of relevant philosophical issues are widely recognized as vital for evolving fields of study. This article suggests that a number of common research practices (over-reliance on case studies and contextualization, in addition to the globalization of rhetoric) have delayed real contemplation of larger issues in RST. The author calls for closer scrutiny of philosophies underlying the practice of RST and a negotiation of social and philosophical vision for the discipline.

Research Article| January 01 2005 Social Epistemologists at the Crossroads: Authorizing Agents of Change James H. Collier James H. Collier Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2005) 38 (3): 269–274. https://doi.org/10.2307/40238221 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation James H. Collier; Social Epistemologists at the Crossroads: Authorizing Agents of Change. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2005; 38 (3): 269–274. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/40238221 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2005 The Pennsylvania State University2005The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.