Background
Kraus, JiRI was born on May 25, 1935 in Praha, Czech Republic. Son of Miroslav and Marie (Pickartová) Kraus.
( Rhetoric in European and World Culture traces the posit...)
Rhetoric in European and World Culture traces the position of rhetoric in cultural and educational systems from ancient times to the present. Here, Jirí Kraus examines rhetoric’s decline in importance in a period of rationalism and enlightenment, presents the causes of negative connotations of rhetoric, and explains why rhetoric in the twentieth century regained its prestige. Kraus demonstrates that the reputation of rhetoric falls when it is reduced to a refined method for deceiving the public and increases when it is seen as a scientific discipline that is used throughout all of the fields of the humanities. In this sense, the author argues, rhetoric strives for universal recognition and the cultivation of rhetorical expression, spoken and written, including not only its production but also reception and interpretation.
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Kraus, JiRI was born on May 25, 1935 in Praha, Czech Republic. Son of Miroslav and Marie (Pickartová) Kraus.
Graduate, Charles University, Prague, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, 1968. Computer Sciences Corporation, Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1967.
Doctor of Science, Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1990.
Postdoctoral fellow, Czech Language Institute, Prague, 1963-1967; research fellow, Czech Language Institute, Prague, 1967-1990; vice director, Czech Language Institute, Prague, 1990-1994; director, Czech Language Institute, Prague, since 1994. Professor Charles U., Prague, since 1995.
( Rhetoric in European and World Culture traces the posit...)
Married Vera Klimová, April 25, 1974. Children: Alena, Petr.