Inessential Solidarity: Rhetoric and Foreigner Relations Contributor(s): Davis, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822961229 ISBN-13: 9780822961222 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric |
Dewey: 808.042 |
LCCN: 2010020950 |
Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.2" (0.80 lbs) 228 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Inessential Solidarity, Diane Davis examines critical intersections of rhetoric and sociality in order to revise some of rhetorical theory's basic presumptions. Rather than focus on the arguments and symbolic exchanges through which social relations are defined, Davis exposes an underivable rhetorical imperative, an obligation to respond that is as undeniable as the obligation to age. Situating this response-ability as the condition for, rather than the effect of, symbolic interaction, Davis both dissolves contemporary concerns about linguistic overdetermination and calls into question long-held presumptions about rhetoric's relationship with identification, figuration, hermeneutics, agency, and judgment.
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