Advances in the History of Rhetoric Jul 2013

Between Motion and Action: The Dialectical Role of Affective Identification in Kenneth Burke

Don J. Kraemer

Abstract

ABSTRACT Taking seriously Kenneth Burke's claim that identification follows property's logic discloses identification's rootedness not only in nonsymbolic motion but also in attitudinal sensation, that midway realm between sheer motion and symbolic action. Burke's key distinction is among three terms, not two—implying consubstantial (not antithetical) relations between pure persuasion and identification. Thus understood, these relations have implications for the New Rhetoric, in particular for how it frames the question of justice.

Journal
Advances in the History of Rhetoric
Published
2013-07-03
DOI
10.1080/15362426.2013.827596
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rhetorical theory affect and writing

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