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Imagining the Cosmopolitan in Public and Professional Writing

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introducing a Cosmopolitan Orientation to Writing

    • Anne Surma
    Pages 1-11

  3. Conceptualising the Cosmopolitan Approach to Writing

    • Anne Surma
    Pages 12-35

  4. Writing in the Network

    • Anne Surma
    Pages 36-61

  5. Sentencing: Reflecting on Words and Worlds

    • Anne Surma
    Pages 62-81

  6. Rewriting Organisational Change

    • Anne Surma
    Pages 82-107

  7. The Multinational Corporation — Writing Cosmopolitan Responsibility?

    • Anne Surma
    Pages 108-133

  8. Conclusion: Imagining the Cosmopolitan

    • Anne Surma
    Pages 134-138

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 139-179
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About this book

In this important book, Surma combines threads from ethical, political, communications, sociological, feminist and discourse theories to explore the impact of writing in a range of contexts and illustrate the ways in which it can strengthen social connections.

Reviews

'Surma's first book was groundbreaking, but this one exceeds even my highest expectations for a sequel. She deftly weaves critical cosmopolitanism into the warp and woof of writing on a theoretically sound loom. The results include an ethics of care with immediate contemporary relevance conveyed in a crafted prose that is a joy to explore. In line with her plea that 'it is more urgent than ever for writers in the non-fiction domain to draw on some of the insights and approaches of their fiction-writing colleagues', she convincingly shows, with considerable style, how any more equitable cosmopolitan world order will not only be a new word order, but an imaginative re-ordering of words and worlds. This outstanding book simultaneously opens pathways to fairer futures and provides a theoretical frame for transforming the practice and study of writing and rhetoric.' - David McKie, the University of Waikato, New Zealand

About the author

ANNE SURMA is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Murdoch University, Australia. Anne has also worked in private industry as an editor and writer and, more recently, as a workshop facilitator and consultant, advising on communication strategy and practice. Her research interests include public communication as ethical discourse and creative practice; corporate responsibility; and discursive approaches to dominant and marginalised narratives in public and organisational stories. Anne's previous publications include Public and Professional Writing: Ethics, Imagination and Rhetoric.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Imagining the Cosmopolitan in Public and Professional Writing

  • Authors: Anne Surma

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137291318

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22993-8Published: 20 November 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31112-5Published: 01 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-29131-8Published: 20 November 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 179

  • Topics: Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Communication Studies, Applied Linguistics

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