In Praise of Carbon, In Praise of Science

Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jul 2007

In Praise of Carbon, In Praise of Science

Christian F. Casper

Abstract

This article explores the nature of epideictic rhetoric in science through a close textual analysis of three Nobel lectures. It examines the effects of the genre shift from original research reports to ceremonial speeches, revealing significant differences from Fahnestock's analysis of the genre shift from forensic research reports to epideictic articles in the popular press, especially a move toward greater candidness about the research process. Epideictic scientific rhetoric, therefore, can be said to celebrate the scientific method in general as much as it does the particular line of research at hand.

Journal: Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published: 2007-07-01
DOI: 10.1177/1050651907300468
Topics: rhetorical theory

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (2)

Weber (2020)

The News from Mars

Technical Communication Quarterly
Cutrufello (2015)

The Public Address and the Rhetoric of Science: Henry Rowland, Epideictic Speec…

Rhetoric Review

Cites in this index (4)

SULLIVAN (1996)

Displaying Disciplinarity

Written Communication
SULLIVAN (1991)

The Epideictic Rhetoric of Science

Journal of Business and Technical Communication
FAHNESTOCK et al. (1988)

The Stases in Scientific and Literary Argument

Written Communication
FAHNESTOCK (1986)

Accommodating Science

Written Communication

Also cites 12 works outside this index ↓

10.1084/jem.79.2.137

↗
Heath, J.R., O'Brien, S.C., Zhang, Q., Liu, Y., Curl, R.F., Kroto, H.W., et al. (1985). Lanthanum complexes o…

↗
10.1038/347354a0

↗
10.1038/329529a0

↗
10.1038/318162a0

↗
10.1016/S0009-2614(86)80042-2

↗
10.2307/375964

↗
10.1080/00335638409383686

↗
10.1177/016224399401900302

↗
10.1038/171737a0

↗
10.1021/ja00221a085

↗
10.1021/j100276a001

↗

CrossRef global citation count: 5 View in citation network →