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Columbo - A Rhetoric of Inquiry with Resistant Responders (Paperback, New edition)
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Columbo - A Rhetoric of Inquiry with Resistant Responders (Paperback, New edition)
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This book presents an analysis of Lieutenant Columbo's
investigative method of rhetorical inquiry as seen in the
television police procedural Columbo (1968-2003). With a barrage of
questions about minute details and feigned ignorance, the iconic
detective enacts a persona of 'antipotency' (counter
authoritativeness) to affect the villains' underestimation of his
attention to inconsistencies, abductive reasoning, and rhetorical
efficacy. In a predominantly dialogue-based investigation, Columbo
exhausts his suspects by asking a battery of questions concerning
all minor details of the case, which evolves into an aggravating
tedious provocation for the killer trying to maintain innocence.
Based on the Ancient Greek ideal of Sophrosyne (temperance,
restraint) and the Socratic method of questioning to discover
truths, the Lieutenant models effective rhetorical inquiry with
resistant responders: shy, secretive, anxious,
emotionally-disconnected, angry, arrogant, jealous, and, in this
case, murderous conversants. While designed to be critical and
theoretical, this text strives to be accessible to
interdisciplinary readers, practical in application, and amusing
for Columbo buffs.
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