Ethics in Contact Rhetoric
Communication and the Dance of Bodies and Power- Autor:innen:
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- 2024
Zusammenfassung
Ethics in Contact Rhetoric offers a novel communication theory centering touch and decentering symbolism. Critical case studies spanning diverse national and cultural contexts demonstrate contact rhetoric’s rich heuristic and applications. Inspired by Gandhi and King’s tradition of nonviolent power, a contact orientation outlines the incarnate and immediate ground of communication ethics. All media and symbolisms grow out of contact, one’s crucial bodily relationships with supporters and oppressors. Here, ethical interactions are defined as bio-relational dances arcing steps of nurture, respect, justice, and too often, violence. As efforts advance through space and time, interpersonal and social gyres form cycles manifesting degrees of relational balance, dynamics which can be described and interpreted with a multidimensional schema drawn from dance. Centering humanity’s physical mutuality is a vital move today. Communication is a thoroughly interactive art, but the West’s ancient “instrumental” (Aristotelian) tradition of rhetorical theory and its accompanying utilitarian ethic have worked across millennia to valorize individual agency over joint action. This book re-balances rhetorical theory by decentering symbolic acts and enabling critique of embodied relational patterns. The result is a much-needed foundation for communication ethics. Special emphasis is placed on engaging material injustice and discerning the role of rhetoric in social transformation. Grounded in concrete encounters, Ethics in Contact Rhetoric addresses how and why human beings function intentionally and interdependently, and how our linked movements can both harm and heal relational cycles. By identifying rhetorical energy within maneuvers advancing visceral engagement with difference, we outline potential for relational growth and transformation. Contact rhetoric asks us to embody and enact ethical ideals as we grapple with real life challenges of interdependence and social being.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Copyrightjahr
- 2024
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-6669-3473-1
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-6669-3474-8
- Verlag
- Lexington, Lanham
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Seiten
- 310
- Produkttyp
- Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Contents Kein Zugriff
- Preface Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Reading Midas’ Mythos of Touch: Ethics in Dialogue, Dissemination, and Contact Kein Zugriff
- Communication Kein Zugriff
- Ethics Kein Zugriff
- Bodies Kein Zugriff
- Contact Kein Zugriff
- Power Kein Zugriff
- Rhetoric Kein Zugriff
- Dance Kein Zugriff
- Mrs. Midas Loves, Leaves, and Lives Kein Zugriff
- Conclusion: Resonate, Reprise, Redux Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Love in Platonic and Contemporary Rhetorical Theory Kein Zugriff
- Identify? Invite? “Con-tact” as Key Term in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory Kein Zugriff
- Pope Benedict XVI Kein Zugriff
- Bodies and Love in Deus Caritas Est: Proposing Anthro-Theological Truth Kein Zugriff
- Introduction: “Encountering” and “Responding” to Divine Love Kein Zugriff
- Part I: “The Unity of Love in Creation and in Salvation History” Kein Zugriff
- Part II: “Caritas—The Practice of Love by the Church as a ‘Community of Love’” Kein Zugriff
- “Conclusion”—Humans Manifest Divine Love Kein Zugriff
- Conclusion: What mode? How? Love! Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Truth in Discursive Communication Ethics Kein Zugriff
- Force in Embodied Communication Ethics Kein Zugriff
- Integral Ontology and the Law of Ekstasis: Relational Gravity Kein Zugriff
- Dancing in Relational Gravity: A Contact Grammar Kein Zugriff
- Dancing Unilateral Justice: Antonio de Montesinos Kein Zugriff
- Hathuey Dances Iconoclasm, Decenters Gold, and Chooses Hell Kein Zugriff
- Conclusion: Atrocity, Apocalypse and Just Contact—Las Casas Wakes and Converts Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Knowing, Relationships, and Conference Panels Kein Zugriff
- The Importance of Dance, Rapture, and Ecstatic Abandonment for Rhetoric Kein Zugriff
- Confronting Nukespeak and Preventing Nuclear War Kein Zugriff
- Conclusion Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Theoretical Perspective: Contact Rhetoric Kein Zugriff
- Mandela’s Introduction: Motivation to Contribute Kein Zugriff
- Mandela’s History: Dances of Nonviolent Resistance and Sabotage Kein Zugriff
- Mandela’s Refutation: A Justification for Violence Kein Zugriff
- Mandela’s Conclusion: “Prepared to Die” for Democracy and Freedom Kein Zugriff
- Foundational Community: Claiming the Physical Reality of Us Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Decoupling Discourse and Physical Harm Kein Zugriff
- Moral Identity of the Collective: The Case of the African National Congress Kein Zugriff
- Contested Epistemology: The Case of January 6, 2021 Kein Zugriff
- Appropriate Expression: The Case of Black Lives Matter Kein Zugriff
- Conclusions Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Rhetoric’s Eco Centricity and Implications of Contact Rhetoric Kein Zugriff
- “Corpsifying” Versus Restoring Beings in Ecological Dances Kein Zugriff
- Contact Rhetoric: Environmental Justice Is Social Justice Kein Zugriff
- Patterns of Contact among Species in the Communosphere Kein Zugriff
- Formative Conclusions: Exploring Ways Contact Rhetoric Illuminates Interspecies Relational Ethics Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Holding Anders Breivik: Political Activist, Murderous Terrorist, Sane Son Kein Zugriff
- Universal Space and Relational Being: Tension and Weighty Contact Kein Zugriff
- Confession 1—White Moderates and Extremist Flow Kein Zugriff
- Confession 2—White Church Timing Kein Zugriff
- Policing Reality, Dancing Justice Kein Zugriff
- Continuously Held, Anders Breivik Continuously Appeals Kein Zugriff
- Reprise, Return, Relational Centers Hold Kein Zugriff
- Notes Kein Zugriff
- Note Kein Zugriff
- Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 267 - 300
- Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 301 - 308
- About the Authors Kein Zugriff Seiten 309 - 310
