Odious Praise Carol Bales But she goes further

But she goes further

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Odious Praise Carol Bales But she goes furtherThis book reveals a tradition of thought overlooked in our intellectual history but enormously influential even now: the tradition of odious praise. Distinct from more conventional rhetorical exercises, such as panegyric or the funeral oration, odious praise uses acclaim to censure or to critique. This book reassesses the genre of praise and blame rhetoric by considering the potential of odious praise to undermine consensus and to challenge a