Rhetoricity at the End of the World

Diane Davis The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe putative dichotomy between meaning and matter is mostly resolved in rhetorical studies through a negative deconstruction in which “world” is covered by an all-encompassing discursive field. In response to this radical linguisticism, I return to Derrida, who is often cited as one of its mouthpieces, to pick up his elaborations of the textual structuring of life “itself,” both genetic and psychic, the ontologizing force of which I'll describe as a prelusive and anahuman rhetoricity.

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Philosophy & Rhetoric
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2017-11-15
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10.5325/philrhet.50.4.0431
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