The future of invention : rhetoric, postmodernism, and the problem of change / John Muckelbauer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muckelbauer, John, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the concept of rhetorical invention from an affirmative, nondialectical perspective.

Contents:

Intro

THE FUTURE OF INVENTION

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1. Orientations

1. The Problem of Change

2. Why Rhetoric? Which Rhetoric?

The Scope of Rhetoric

Humanism, Postmodernism, Performative Ethics

Singular Rhythms

3. How to Extract Singular Rhythms: Affirmative Reading and Writing

Styles of Engagement

Arguments

Affirmative Strategies

Part II. Intensities

4. Imitation and Invention

Reproduction: Repetition of the Same

Variation: Repetition of Difference

Inspiration: Difference and Repetition

Refrain

5. Itineration: What Is a Sophist?

Sophistic Targets, Sophistic Topography

Resembling Thought

Seeing and Time

Returns

6. Situatedness and Singularity

Audience

Situations and Synthesis

Kairos

Situatedness as Singularity

7. Topoi: Replacing Aristotle

Aristotle's Place

Rhetoric's Place

Scholarly Style

8. The Future of Invention: Doxa and "the Common"

The Time of Invention

Doxa and the Common

The Time of Invention (echoes)

Notes

Works Cited

Index

A

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C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

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M

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O

P

Q

R

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Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-192) and index.

ISBN:

9780791478400

0791478408

9781435643666

1435643666

OCLC:

228853051