1. Editor's introduction

   • Herbert W. Simons
   • Michael Billig

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 4

2. The dark side of fire: Postmodern critique and the elusiveness of the ideological

   • Kyriakos M. Kontopoulos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 19

3. Beyond postmodernism: Logic as rhetoric

   • Joseph Margolis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 31

4. From ideology-critique to epochal criticism

   • Ian Angus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 57

5. Can we still stand by words? or: Why rhetoric needs A pragmatic turn

   • William M. Sullivan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 73

6. Language, moral order and political praxis

   • Lena Jayyusi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 93

7. Power on the margins: A new place for intellectuals to be

   • John Shotter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 113

8. Notes on contributors

   Announcement Pages: 115 - 116

9. Editors' introduction

   • Richard A. Cherwitz
   • James W. Hikins

   EditorialNotes Pages: 119 - 122

10. Postmodernism and the parody of argument

    • Thomas A. Russman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 135

11. The given of achievement and the reluctance to assent: Argument and inquiry in the post-postmodern world

    • James W. Hikins

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 162

12. Argument practices

    • William Keith

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 179

13. On the continuing utility of argument in a postmodern world

    • Richard A. Cherwitz
    • Thomas J. Darwin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 202

14. Ecocentrism and argumentative competence: Roots of a postmodern argument theory from the brazilian deforestation debate

    • Edward M. Panetta
    • Celeste M. Condit

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 223

15. Arguing about the ethics of past actions: An analysis of a taped conversation about a taped conversation

    • Herbert W. Simons

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 250

16. Book reviews

    • Dilip K. Basu
    • Christian Plantin
    • Herman Parret

    BookReview Pages: 251 - 258

17. Announcement and call for proposals

    Announcement Pages: 259 - 259

18. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 260 - 260