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Release : 2011
Genre : Communication and culture
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Author : Christian Meyer
Release : 2011-05-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Rhetorical Emergence of Culture by : Christian Meyer
Download or read book The Rhetorical Emergence of Culture written by Christian Meyer. This book was released on 2011-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Just as rhetoric is founded in culture, culture is founded in rhetoric” - the first half of this central statement from the International Rhetoric Culture Project is abundantly evidenced. It is the latter half that this volume explores: how does culture emerge out of rhetorical action, out of seemingly dispersed individual actions and interactions? The contributors do not rely on rhetorical “text” alone but engage the situational, bodily, and often antagonistic character of cultural and communicative practices. The social situation itself is argued to be the fundamental site of cultural creation, as will-driven social processes are shaped by cognitive dispositions and shape them in turn. Drawing on expertise in a variety of disciplines and regions, the contributors critically engage dialogical approaches in their emphasis on how a view from rhetoric changes our perception of people's intersubjective and conjoint creation of culture.
Author : Ivo Strecker
Release : 2009-07-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 296/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Culture and Rhetoric by : Ivo Strecker
Download or read book Culture and Rhetoric written by Ivo Strecker. This book was released on 2009-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While some scholars have said that there is no such thing as culture and have urged to abandon the concept altogether, the contributors to this volume overcome this impasse by understanding cultures and their representations for what they ultimately are – rhetorical constructs. These senior, international scholars explore the complex relationships between culture and rhetoric arguing that just as rhetoric is founded in culture, culture is founded in rhetoric. This intersection constitutes the central theme of the first part of the book, while the second is dedicated to the study of figuration as a common ground of rhetoric and anthropology. The book offers a compelling range of theoretical reflections, historical vistas, and empirical investigations, which aim to show how people talk themselves and others into particular modalities of thought and action, and how rhetoric and culture, in this way, are co-emergent. It thus turns a new page in the history of academic discourse by bringing two disciplines – anthropology and rhetoric – together in a way that has never been done before.
Author : Michael Carrithers
Release : 2009-06-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 245/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Culture, Rhetoric and the Vicissitudes of Life by : Michael Carrithers
Download or read book Culture, Rhetoric and the Vicissitudes of Life written by Michael Carrithers. This book was released on 2009-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the Rhetoric Culture Project, this volume focuses on the use of imagery, narrative, and cultural schemes to deal with predicaments that arise during the course of life. The contributors explore how people muster their resources to understand and deal with emergencies such as illness, displacement, or genocide. In dealing with such circumstances, people can develop new rhetorical forms and, in the process, establish new cultural resources for succeeding generations. Several of the contributions show how rhetorical cultural forms can themselves create emergencies. The contributors bring expertise from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology and communications studies, underlining the volume’s wider relevance as a reflection on the human condition.
Author : Jon Abbink
Release : 2021-02-02
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Rhetoric and Social Relations by : Jon Abbink
Download or read book Rhetoric and Social Relations written by Jon Abbink. This book was released on 2021-02-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the constitutive role of rhetoric in socio-cultural relations, where discursive persuasion is so important, and contains both theoretical chapters as well as fascinating examples of the ambiguities and effects of rhetoric used (un)consciously in social praxis. The elements of power, competition and political persuasion figure prominently. It is an accessible collection of studies, speaking to common issues and problems in social life, and shows the heuristic and often explanatory value of the rhetorical perspective.
