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02351aam a2200373 i 4500 001 1291706EAF2611EC897049F049ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220329010112 008 210616t20222022ctu b 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2021941205 020 $a 0300244266 020 $a 9780300244267 035 $a (OCoLC)1261303404 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d IaU $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a BC177 $b .S554 2022 082 04 $a 160 $2 23 100 1 $a Siegel, Lee, $d 1957- $e author. 245 10 $a Why argument matters / $c Lee Siegel. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a 146 pages ; $c 21 cm 490 1 $a Why X Matters 520 $a An impassioned case for argument's central role in human life, by one of America's most distinguished cultural critics. 520 8 $a From Eve's crafty exchange with the serpent, to Martin Luther King's soaring, subtle ultimatums, to the throes of Twitter-argument's drainpipe-the human desire to prevail with words has been not just a moral but an existential compulsion. In this dazzling reformulation of argument, renowned critic Lee Siegel portrays the true art of argument as much deeper and far more embracing than mere quarrel, dispute, or debate. It is the supreme expression of humanity's longing for a better life, born of empathy and of care for the world and those who inhabit it. With wit, passion, and striking insights, Siegel plumbs the emotional and psychological sources of clashing words, weaving through his exploration the untold story of the role argument has played in societies throughout history. Each life, he maintains, is an argument for that particular way of living; every individual style of argument is also a case that is being made for that person's right to argue. Argument is at the heart of the human experience, and language, at its most liberated and expressive, inexorably bends toward argument. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146). 650 0 $a Reasoning. 650 0 $a Debates and debating. 830 0 $a Why X matters. 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117031743.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230502010807.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20220702010322.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220503071347.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1291706EAF2611EC897049F049ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search