Boon – In Praise of Copying
Boon, Marcus. In Praise of Copying. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2010. Print. Introduction B. recalls Baudrillard’s meditations on Disney World as “model” or produced, intentionally designed space that recalls another space but can exist in almost any place. . . an inorganic simulation of the original space. B. notes that in this book he’s going to argue that copying is what makes us human and is a fundamental... Read More
Oakley – Commonplaces: Rhetorical Figures of Difference in Heidegger and Glissant
Citation: Oakley, Seanna Sumalee. “Commonplaces: Rhetorical Figures of Difference in Heidegger and Glissant.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 41.1 (2008): 1-21. Print. Abstract: The article discusses the rhetorical figures concerning the difference between the writings of Martin Heidegger and Edouard Glissant on commonplaces. According to the author, Heidegger gives emphasis to the unique element which composed the pairs while Glissant often... Read More
Poulakos – Rhetoric, The Sophists, and the Possible
John Poulakos – “Rhetoric, The Sophists, and the Possible” Summary: This essay argues that the rhetoric of the Sophists exhibits a distinct preference for the world of possibility. As such, it is different from Aristotle’s rhetoric, which privileges the world of actuality. After showing how this is so, the essay compares the sophistical and the Aristotelian versions of rhetoric by discussing their respective implications for language... Read More
CCR760 – Spilka et.al.
Digital Literacy for Technical Communication: 21st Century Theory and Practice – ed. Rachel Spilka Introduction – Rachel Spilka The author notes that the collection is valuable because work contexts and modes of production have changes so much over recent memory. As technical communicators, Spilka notes that the need to adopt evolution is necessary to survive. Evolution not only in technical skill, but productive flow and socializing forces... Read More
CCR601 – R&P 42.3
Bayer, Thora I. “Hegelian Rhetoric.” Philosophy and Rhetoric 42.3 (2009): 203-19. Print Rhetoric is an antistrophe to dialectic (antistrophe is the “turning back” of the chorous on the audience in the traditional ancient Greek play). Kant considered dialectic the “logic of illusion” that occurs when reason takes its powers beyond experience to make claims concerning the nature of the soul, world, and God (203). Kant is responsible... Read More
