Robert Samuels teaches writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of 15 books, including Why Public Higher Education Should be Free.

• 1. Introduction: Reason, Rhetoric, Writing, and Global Progress  2. Should We Teach Grammar?  3. Is the Teaching of Writing Racist?  4. The Rejection of Neutrality  5. The Politics of Reason in Academic Discourse  6. Ethos, Logos, Pathos, and Catharsis  7. Teaching Post-Truth Rhetoric: From South Park to Trump  8. Rorty, Zizek, and Pragmatic Idealism  9. Teaching Reason in the Age of Unreason  10. Conclusion

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Robert Samuels teaches writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of 15 books, including Why Public Higher Education Should be Free.

• 1. Introduction: Reason, Rhetoric, Writing, and Global Progress  2. Should We Teach Grammar?  3. Is the Teaching of Writing Racist?  4. The Rejection of Neutrality  5. The Politics of Reason in Academic Discourse  6. Ethos, Logos, Pathos, and Catharsis  7. Teaching Post-Truth Rhetoric: From South Park to Trump  8. Rorty, Zizek, and Pragmatic Idealism  9. Teaching Reason in the Age of Unreason  10. Conclusion

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Robert Samuels teaches writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of 15 books, including Why Public Higher Education Should be Free.

• 1. Introduction: Reason, Rhetoric, Writing, and Global Progress  2. Should We Teach Grammar?  3. Is the Teaching of Writing Racist?  4. The Rejection of Neutrality  5. The Politics of Reason in Academic Discourse  6. Ethos, Logos, Pathos, and Catharsis  7. Teaching Post-Truth Rhetoric: From South Park to Trump  8. Rorty, Zizek, and Pragmatic Idealism  9. Teaching Reason in the Age of Unreason  10. Conclusion

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