Rhetoric in Civic Life
third edition
Catherine Helen Palczewski
University of Northern Iowa
Richard Ice
College of Saint Benedict | Saint John's University
John Fritch
University of Northern Iowa
Ryan McGeough
University of Northern Iowa
CONTENTS (brief)
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Preface
Part I: Introduction
1. Rhetoric as Civic Action
2. Rhetorical Resources and Constraints
Part II: Modes of Symbolic Action
3. Language
4. Visual Rhetoric
5. Argument
6. Narrative
Part III: Generators of Symbolic Action
7. Rhetors
8. Audiences
Part IV: Contexts for Symbolic Action
9. Rhetorical Situations
10. Publics and Counterpublics
Appendix
Appendix. Rhetorical Traditions and Democracy
Credits and Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors
CONTENTS (detailed)
Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Rhetoric as Civic Action
Defining Rhetoric
Rhetoric as Symbolic Action
Symbols
Symbolic Action
Functions of Symbolic Action
Identification
Constitutive Rhetoric
Constructing Social Reality
Civic Engagement
Rhetorical Agency
Political Friendship
2. Rhetorical Resources and Constraints
Rhetoric as Addressed
Persuasive Continuum
Culture
Public and Collective Memory
Power, Ideology, and Hegemony
Part II: MODES OF SYMBOLIC ACTION
3. Language
Language and the Construction of Social Reality
Semiotics
Linguistic Relativity
Language as Symbolic Action
Terministic Screens
Public Vocabulary
Discursive and Presentational Forms
Resignification
The Misuse of Language
Doublespeak
Truncated Passives
People, Places, and Topics of Silence
4. Visual Rhetoric
Presence and Absence
The Rise of Visual Culture
Analyzing Visual Rhetorics
Types of Visual Rhetoric
Photographs
Bodies
Monuments, Memorials, and Museums
Circulation
The Ethics of Looking
5. Argument
Defining Argument
Aristotle’s Enthymeme
Toulmin’s Model
Claim
Data
Warrant
Rebuttal
Qualifier
Backing
Using Toulmin to Analyze Arguments
Spheres of Argument
Defining the Spheres of Argument
Using Spheres to Analyze Argument
Interaction among Spheres
The Necessity of Argument in the Public Sphere
The Stock Issues of Policy Debate
Significance
Solvency
Inherency
Desirability
Threats to Democratic Deliberation and Debate
Confirmation Bias
Fake News and Alternative Facts
6. Narrative
Form and Function of Narratives
Forming Memory
Creating Culture and Community
Judging Narratives
Aesthetics
Authorial Intent
Empirical Truth
Social Truth
PART III: GENERATORS OF SYMBOLIC ACTION
7. Rhetors
Persona as Performance
Facets of Persona
Ethos
Roles
Identity
Image
Rhetor Analyzed
Rhetors in a Postmodern World
8. Audiences
Adapting Rhetoric to Audiences
Rhetoric as Addressed
Appealing to an Audience
Audience Agency
Adapting Audiences to Rhetoric
Second Persona
Third Persona
Indirectly Addressed Audiences
PART IV: CONTEXTS FOR SYMBOLIC ACTION
9. Rhetorical Situations
Classical Understanding of the Rhetorical Situation
Rhetoric as Situational
Exigence
Constraints
Fitting Response and Genre
Analysis: The Challenger Explosion
Situations as Rhetorical
A Synergistic Understanding of Rhetoric and Situations
Definition of the Situation
Analysis: 9/11 Defined as an “Act of War”
Analysis: 9/11 Redefined
Analysis: 9/11 Redefined, Again
Fitting Responses Reconsidered
Cultural Variations and Historical Context
Responses to Rhetorical Situations
Rethinking the Rhetorical Situation in a Digital Age
10. Publics and Counterpublics
The Public Sphere
Strong and Weak Publics
dentity Formation in Publics
Publics and Counterpublics
Counterpublics
Publics, Counterpublics, and the Economy
Relationships among Publics
Publics in the Internet Age
The Meaning of “Public” in the Internet Age
Digital Participation and Access
Networked Publics
The Panmediated Networked Public Screen
APPENDIX
Appendix. Rhetorical Traditions and Democracy
The Emergence of Rhetoric in Classical Greece
The Sophists: Exploring the Possibilities of Rhetoric
Aspasia
Plato: The Dangers of Rhetoric
Isocrates and Rhetorical Education
Aristotle’s Treatise On Rhetoric
Contemporary Echoes of
Sophistic and Platonic Debates
Rhetoric and US Democracy
Credits and Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
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