Book Review| September 01 2011 Inessential Solidarity: Rhetoric and Foreigner Relations Inessential Solidarity: Rhetoric and Foreigner Relations. Diane Davis. Michael J. Hyde Michael J. Hyde Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2011) 14 (3): 589–591. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940566 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Michael J. Hyde; Inessential Solidarity: Rhetoric and Foreigner Relations. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2011; 14 (3): 589–591. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41940566 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2011 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2011 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Abstract This essay offers a phenomenological assessment of the moral and rhetorical nature of acknowledgment. The dynamics of acknowledgment arise with the ontological structure of human existence, with our way of being spatial and temporal creatures whose existence, in an epideictic display, opens us to the future. From out of this openness comes a call of conscience, an evocation and a provocation that speaks to us of the importance of an essential vocation: teaching. Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie is offered as a case study of this entire process.