A Theory of Spectral Rhetoric

The Word between the Worlds
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-69678-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 378 g

This book synthesizes Jacques Derrida’s hauntology and spectrality with affect theory, in order to create a rhetorical framework analyzing the felt absences and hauntings of written and oral texts. The book opens with a history of hauntology, spectrality, and affect theory and how each of those ideas have been applied. The book then moves into discussing the unique elements of the rhetorical framework known as the rhetorrectional situation. Three case studies taken from the Christian tradition, serve to demonstrate how spectral rhetoric works. The first is fictional, C.S. Lewis ’The Great Divorce. The second is non-fiction, Tim Jennings ’The God Shaped Brain. The final one is taken from homiletics, Bishop Michael Curry’s royal wedding 2018 sermon. After the case studies conclusion offers the reader a summary and ideas future applications for spectral rhetoric.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pierce, Seth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Dekonstruktivismus, Strukturalismus, Poststrukturalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Hauntroduction: The Word Between the Worlds.- 2. Ghost Map.- 3. Phantomimetic Theory.- 4. The Rhetorrectional Situation.- 5. Somebody's Watching Me: Visor Affect.- 6. The Spectrality of the Sophists: Double Kairos and Timely Untimeliness.- 7. The Art of G/hosting: Phantomime.- 8.Transtextual Hautnting: Revenance.- 9. Casket Case #1: The Ghost of C.S. Lewis: Spectral Rhetoric in the Great Divorce.- 10. Casket Case #2: The Ghost Shaped Brain.- 11. Casket Case #3: House of Sacred Remains: Spectral Rhetoric and Phantomime in Bishop Michael Curry's Wedding Homily.- Conclusion: Future Hauntings.

Über Autor(innen)

Seth Pierce is Assistant Professor of Communication and Communication Program Director at Union College, Nebraska, USA. Prior to completing his Ph.D. in communication he served as a pastor. He is also the author of Seeking an Understanding: How to Have Difficult Conversations Without Destroying Your Relationships (2020).