Dialectic, Rhetoric and Contrast: The Infinite Middle of Meaning

Richard Boulton thoughtfully walks a narrow ridge between the order and clarity of method and the revelatory [...] This is an outstanding piece of scholarship that renders a significant contribution to philosophy of communication.

- Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University

In a world in which differences divide more often than stand as points of relation, what we need urgently is to understand why. What is contrast? How does it function? What meanings do we make of the differences that we hold in common? A bold, original, and exquisitely written account of what lies between us, and why that matters.

- Garnet C. Butchart, author of "Embodiment Relation, Community: A Continental Philosophy of Communication"

Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Duquesne University.