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An Invitation to Debate: Reasoning and Argument as a Framework for Civil Society

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ben VothPublish date:8/7/2025Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781538196717ISBN-10:1538196719UPC:9781538196717Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Communication Studies, Rhetoric, Public Speaking & Speech WritingSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCJ85GAEV2

This comprehensive introductory textbook gives students the framework and tools to become great debaters and use those skills to further civil and respectful responses on contentious topics. Focusing on core concepts and skills of research, reasoning, and argumentation with a special focus on debate rhythms, the book builds students' ability to express ideas and respectfully dissent, ultimately improving their individual resilience in adverse circumstances and encouraging the emergence of communal values in society.

An Invitation to Debate takes students on a step-by-step preparation of case research, speech composition, rebuttals, and resolutions. It is not specific to a particular debate style, allowing professors to use the book across a variety of procedural types, including policy, British Parliamentary, Lincoln-Douglas, International Public Debate Association, world schools, and Coolidge.

As the most up-to-date debate textbook, An Invitation to Debate will show students how to use AI technologies to aid (but never replace) their own case preparation. Throughout the book, students will be challenged to consider opportunities for debate to create more civil and fruitful discussion in their daily lives and on the world stage-where respectful debate can break through political barriers and counteract social injustices.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781538196717ISBN-10:1538196719UPC:9781538196717Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Communication Studies, Rhetoric, Public Speaking & Speech WritingSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCJ85GAEV2
Ben Voth is professor of rhetoric and director of debate and speech programs at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He has written five academic books since 2014 detailing how rhetoric, argumentation, and debate instruction make the critical difference in improving human society. His instructional speech and debate clients include the U.S. State department, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., and the George W. Bush Institute. As a collegiate speech and debate director he has coached more than five world champions, more than thirty national champions, and more than fifty state champions in speech and debate competitions over the past thirty years.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

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