Abstract

As rhetorical scholars increasingly investigate traditions and texts from other cultures, new challenges arise as to what method one ought to follow when practicing what is called comparative rhetoric. In this article, I argue that pragmatism offers a framework for a methodology of comparative rhetoric that allows for the plurality of purposes involved on all sides of the encounter between a critic and a text. I will explore how pragmatism gives primacy to the plurality of purposes in human communicative endeavors, as well as what this means for how one can practice comparative rhetoric. I conclude by analyzing a case study in comparative rhetoric involving experiential rhetorical tactics in classical Indian and European philosophical texts.

Journal
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published
2009-10-16
DOI
10.1080/02773940903196614
Open Access
Closed

Citation Context

Cites in this index (5)

  1. Rhetoric Review
  2. Rhetoric Review
  3. Rhetoric Review
  4. Rhetoric Society Quarterly
  5. Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Also cites 20 works outside this index ↓
  1. 10.1080/00335639109383944
  2. 10.1080/00028533.2004.11821618
    Argumentation and Advocacy  
  3. The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism
  4. 10.1215/9780822381600
  5. 10.1080/00335639309384017
  6. 10.1080/00335639309384037
  7. 10.1080/03637759209376247
  8. 10.1080/10570319009374342
  9. 10.2307/376613
  10. 10.1080/03637758909390253
  11. 10.1080/00335636109382453
  12. 10.1080/09552360050001770
  13. 10.2307/2940859
  14. 10.1017/CBO9780511625534.006
  15. Performing Live: Aesthetic Alternatives for the Ends of Art
  16. 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2006.tb00105.x
  17. 10.1080/10570310209374742
  18. 10.1353/par.2004.0011
  19. 10.2307/25670630
    Journal of Speculative Philosophy  
  20. John Dewey in China: To Teach and to Learn
CrossRef global citation count: 16 View in citation network →