ABSTRACTFew concepts in the work of Walter Benjamin have inspired more theoretical reflections and fewer concrete examples than his notion of “the dialectical image.” As a partial corrective, this essay attempts to anchor the dialectical image—along with several related terms, notably “dialectics at a standstill,” “temporal differential,” “historical index,” and the “now of recognizability”—in a communicative practice characteristic of ordinary civic life: the introduction sequence. More than a simple rhetorical act, allowing local speakers to introduce themselves to assembled audiences, the introduction sequence is a complex sociopolitical event in which speakers divide themselves into neighbors and citizens—embodied social beings bound by webs of personal association and disembodied political actors empowered by the rule of law. Understanding this constellation of social and political agency is the basic task of this article.

Abstract In this work, I argue that creative metaphors are formed when some persistent problem, caused by an inadequacy in preexisting knowledge, descends into the collective unconscious, is reconfigured unconsciously in novel ways, and then reemerges back into consciousness where the impasse is resolved by the metaphorical expression of new knowledge. To develop this position, I (1) review and critique some well-known language-based studies of metaphor, (2) summarize psychoanalytic and depth psychological approaches to the psyche as one way to overcome the shortcomings of the language-based scholarship, (3) relate C. G. Jung's account of the psyche and his related notion of synchronicity to creative metaphors, (4) graft a quantum physics approach to material reality back onto Jung's work as a provisional structure of the collective unconscious, and finally, (5) offer some suggestions about how creative metaphors might work psychologically.

AbstractTo the ancient mind, magic was a powerful force to be subjected to or to control. Egypt, more than any other early culture, stressed the importance of intellectual agency as the antidote to the imperfection perceived between foundational thinking and anti-foundational speaking. Just as rhetoric seeks to express the conceptual ideal pursued by philosophical inquiry, these earlier thinkers stressed magical language as the key to unlocking the power of the cosmos. This article will explore the Ancient Egyptian concept of rhetorical magic as a practical wisdom that allows an individual to function fully within the boundaries established by a perceived cosmic order. The Ancient Egyptians applied rhetorical magic to ease the dissonance felt between intellectual engagement and the semiotically saturated cosmology in which they dwelt. These same ancient rhetorical practices hold promise in assisting our own attempts to navigate a world inundated with information.

AbstractJohn Dewey's work on aesthetics, community, and art holds many untapped resources for the study and melioration of communicative practices. This article explores Dewey's distinctive and pluralistic idea of criticism and argues that such a notion can be used to elaborate pragmatist rhetoric. To lend contrast to this endeavor, I develop the concept of the “implied critic,” and compare the sort of critic assumed by Deweyan pragmatism to the critic implied by Raymie McKerrow's critical rhetoric. What a pragmatist approach to rhetorical criticism entails will be detailed by examining the variety of purposes that can be pursued by an individual in reflecting on rhetorical artifacts. Such a pragmatist rhetoric explains the notion of artful criticism that Dewey features so prominently in his analysis of ideal forms of community.

Research Article| January 01 2009 Rhetoric as a Balancing of Ends: Cicero and Machiavelli Gary Remer Gary Remer Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2009) 42 (1): 1–28. https://doi.org/10.2307/25655336 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Gary Remer; Rhetoric as a Balancing of Ends: Cicero and Machiavelli. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2009; 42 (1): 1–28. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/25655336 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2009 The Pennsylvania State University2009The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| January 01 2009 “As Usual I Fell on the Bias”: Kenneth Burke's Situated Dialectic M. Elizabeth Weiser M. Elizabeth Weiser Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2009) 42 (2): 134–153. https://doi.org/10.2307/25655347 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation M. Elizabeth Weiser; “As Usual I Fell on the Bias”: Kenneth Burke's Situated Dialectic. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2009; 42 (2): 134–153. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/25655347 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2009 The Pennsylvania State University2009The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| January 01 2009 Humanism as Philosophia (Perennis): Grassi's Platonic Rhetoric between Gadamer and Kristeller Rocco Rubini Rocco Rubini Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2009) 42 (3): 242–278. https://doi.org/10.2307/25655357 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Rocco Rubini; Humanism as Philosophia (Perennis): Grassi's Platonic Rhetoric between Gadamer and Kristeller. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2009; 42 (3): 242–278. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/25655357 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2009 The Pennsylvania State University2009The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| January 01 2008 Farrell’s Moods Maurice Charland Maurice Charland Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2008) 41 (4): 337–355. https://doi.org/10.2307/25655326 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Maurice Charland; Farrell’s Moods. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2008; 41 (4): 337–355. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/25655326 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2008 The Pennsylvania State University2008The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| January 01 2008 Whose Aristotle? Which Aristotelianism? A Historical Prolegomenon to Thomas Farrell’s Norms of Rhetorical Culture Carol Poster Carol Poster Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2008) 41 (4): 375–401. https://doi.org/10.2307/25655328 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Carol Poster; Whose Aristotle? Which Aristotelianism? A Historical Prolegomenon to Thomas Farrell’s Norms of Rhetorical Culture. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2008; 41 (4): 375–401. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/25655328 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2008 The Pennsylvania State University2008The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| January 01 2008 Rhetoric, Reflection, and Emancipation: Farrell and Habermas on the Critical Studies of Communication G. Thomas Goodnight G. Thomas Goodnight Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2008) 41 (4): 421–439. https://doi.org/10.2307/25655330 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation G. Thomas Goodnight; Rhetoric, Reflection, and Emancipation: Farrell and Habermas on the Critical Studies of Communication. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2008; 41 (4): 421–439. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/25655330 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2008 The Pennsylvania State University2008The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| January 01 2006 Forum: The Nature and Function of Public Intellectuals Gerard A. Hauser Gerard A. Hauser Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2006) 39 (2): 125–126. https://doi.org/10.2307/20697140 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Gerard A. Hauser; Forum: The Nature and Function of Public Intellectuals. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2006; 39 (2): 125–126. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/20697140 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2006 The Pennsylvania State University2006The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| January 01 2006 Rhetoric, Philosophy, and the Public Intellectual Nathan Crick Nathan Crick Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2006) 39 (2): 127–139. https://doi.org/10.2307/20697141 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Nathan Crick; Rhetoric, Philosophy, and the Public Intellectual. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2006; 39 (2): 127–139. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/20697141 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2006 The Pennsylvania State University2006The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| January 01 2006 The Public Intellectual as Agent of Justice: In Search of a Regime Steve Fuller Steve Fuller Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2006) 39 (2): 147–156. https://doi.org/10.2307/20697143 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Steve Fuller; The Public Intellectual as Agent of Justice: In Search of a Regime. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2006; 39 (2): 147–156. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/20697143 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2006 The Pennsylvania State University2006The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.