Constructing Knowledges by Sidney I Dobrin

Constructing Knowledges by Sidney I Dobrin

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Examines the relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge, within the academy in general and composition studies in particular.

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Constructing Knowledges by Sidney I Dobrin

In this thought-provoking and gracefully written new book, Sidney Dobrin examines current debates over the relative value of theoretical and practical knowledges, both in the academy in general and in the discipline of rhetoric and composition. He explores arguments about whether theorizing is an appropriate mode of scholarly inquiry for a field that is primarily informed by practical knowledge, whether theory-building in general speaks to local concerns, and whether the production of theory in composition leads to scholarship that is more obfuscating than illuminating. Ultimately, Dobrin argues that theoretical investigation should be an indispensable form of knowledge-making in composition and that theory and practice must necessarily inform one another.
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ISBN 13 9780791433447
ISBN 10 0791433447
Title Constructing Knowledges
Author Sidney I Dobrin
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher State University of New York Press
Year published 1997-03-13
Number of pages 181
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