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Fifty Years of Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Selected Readings,
1968-2018 celebrates the semicentennial of Rhetoric Society
Quarterly, bringing together the most influential essays included
in the journal over the past fifty years. Assessed by members of
the Rhetoric Society of America, this collection provides advanced
undergraduate and graduate students with a balanced perspective on
rhetorical theory and practice from scholars in both communication
studies and rhetoric and writing studies. The volume covers a range
of themes, from the history of rhetorical studies, writing and
speaking pedagogy, and feminism, to the work of Kenneth Burke, the
rhetoric of science, and rhetorical agency.
Fifty Years of Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Selected Readings,
1968-2018 celebrates the semicentennial of Rhetoric Society
Quarterly, bringing together the most influential essays included
in the journal over the past fifty years. Assessed by members of
the Rhetoric Society of America, this collection provides advanced
undergraduate and graduate students with a balanced perspective on
rhetorical theory and practice from scholars in both communication
studies and rhetoric and writing studies. The volume covers a range
of themes, from the history of rhetorical studies, writing and
speaking pedagogy, and feminism, to the work of Kenneth Burke, the
rhetoric of science, and rhetorical agency.
When Trump became president, much of the country was repelled by
what they saw as the vulgar spectacle of his ascent, a perversion
of the highest office in the land. In his bold, innovative book,
Political Perversion, rhetorician Joshua Gunn argues that this
"mean-spirited turn" in American politics (of which Trump is the
paragon) is best understood as a structural perversion in our
common culture, on a continuum with infantile and "gotcha" forms of
entertainment meant to engender provocation and sadistic enjoyment.
Drawing on insights from critical theory, media ecology, and
psychoanalysis, Gunn argues that perverse rhetorics dominate not
only the political sphere but also our daily interactions with
others, in person and online. From sexting to campaign rhetoric,
Gunn advances a new way to interpret our contemporary political
context that explains why so many of us have difficulty deciphering
the appeal of aberrant public figures. In this book, Trump is only
the tip of a sinister, rapidly growing iceberg, one to which we
ourselves unwittingly contribute on a daily basis.
When Trump became president, much of the country was repelled by
what they saw as the vulgar spectacle of his ascent, a perversion
of the highest office in the land. In his bold, innovative book,
Political Perversion, rhetorician Joshua Gunn argues that this
"mean-spirited turn" in American politics (of which Trump is the
paragon) is best understood as a structural perversion in our
common culture, on a continuum with infantile and "gotcha" forms of
entertainment meant to engender provocation and sadistic enjoyment.
Drawing on insights from critical theory, media ecology, and
psychoanalysis, Gunn argues that perverse rhetorics dominate not
only the political sphere but also our daily interactions with
others, in person and online. From sexting to campaign rhetoric,
Gunn advances a new way to interpret our contemporary political
context that explains why so many of us have difficulty deciphering
the appeal of aberrant public figures. In this book, Trump is only
the tip of a sinister, rapidly growing iceberg, one to which we
ourselves unwittingly contribute on a daily basis.
A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in
America cultural, political, and religious discourse.
The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of
secrets of the practice of mysticism or magic. This book broadens
our understanding of the occult by treating it as a rhetorical
phenomenon tied to language and symbols and more central to
American culture than is commonly assumed.
Joshua Gunn approaches the occult as an idiom, examining the ways
in which acts of textual criticism and interpretation are occultic
in nature, as evident in practices as diverse as academic
scholarship, Freemasonry, and television production. Gunn probes,
for instance, the ways in which jargon employed by various social
and professional groups creates barriers and fosters secrecy. From
the theory wars of cultural studies to the Satanic Panic that swept
the national mass media in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Gunn
shows how the paradox of a hidden, buried, or secret meaning that
cannot be expressed in language appears time and time again in
Western culture.
These recurrent patterns, Gunn argues, arise from a generalized,
popular anxiety about language and its limitations. Ultimately,
"Modern Occult Rhetoric" demonstrates the indissoluble relationship
between language, secrecy, and publicity, and the centrality of
suspicion in our daily lives.
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