Imagining the Cosmopolitan in Public and Professional Writing

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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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.

• bibliography
• communication
• concept
• discourse
• ethics
• network
• organization
• Orient
• writing
• discourse analysis

'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

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.

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