The rhetoric of emotions : a dramatistic exploration / Robert Perinbanayagam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perinbanayagam, R. S., 1934- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions (Philosophy).

Emotions in art.

Emotions in literature.

Physical Description:

xv, 270 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

Kenneth Burke, founder of the critical method of dramatism, believed that motives and attitudes are constantly generated by individuals as they encounter social situations and material objects in the course of their everyday lives. In The Rhetoric of Emotions, Robert Perinbanayagam proposes that by analyzing individuals' experiences, especially through their interaction with creative outlets, we can come to a deeper understanding of how the human mind systematically approaches the emotive process. The author maintains that individuals use spoken language, and all other forms of symbolism, including art and literature, to elicit social cooperation and emotional understanding, both in regard to the world around them and within themselves. Rhetoric and culture are mechanisms for managing values, behavior, and emotions. In order to ground this philosophical viewpoint, Perinbanayagam strategically discusses famous novels and paintings to show how individuals construct emotional responses to the rhetorical objects at their disposal. In addition to the ideas of Burke and George Herbert Mead, the ideas of Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Charles Sanders Peirce, Edmund Husserl, Alfred Schutz, and Erving Goffman are also reflected in this provocative analysis. Book jacket.

Contents:

The rhetorical attitude

Emotions and their moments

Identity and emotions in dialogue

The dialogic of madness: quantum theory, mirror neurons, and emotions

Identity and the dialogic of reading, looking, and watching

Revels and raptures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781412863964

1412863961

OCLC:

951778576