Philosophy & Rhetoric Jun 2020

On a Different Scale: Movement(s) in a Pandemic

Sarah K. Burgess

Abstract

ABSTRACT This essay walks through the ways the pandemic structures and limits our movement in cities. It suggests that our well-worn tropes for walking, in this moment, shore up the power of the state over individual bodies. To imagine the possibility of how bodily movement might resist this power, the essay turns to a rhetorical conception of scale.

Journal
Philosophy & Rhetoric
Published
2020-06-15
DOI
10.5325/philrhet.53.3.0232
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Open Access
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rhetorical criticism
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