Rhetoric in Neoliberalism

Buch | Softcover

X, 234 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-81979-2 (ISBN)

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This volume examines and applies classical and contemporary concepts of rhetorical theory and criticism to the context of late capitalism. Each contributor shows how discourse, its subjects, and power relations are irrevocably transformed by neoliberalism. The collection analyzes a range of discourses and phenomena in neoliberalism including: higher education reforms, computational culture, Occupy Wall Street protests, the activism of Warren Buffett, and the 9-11 Truth Movement. Together, these chapters explore the contemporary rhetorical production of homo economicus and the various ways in which neoliberalism has become a way of thinking, orienting, and organizing all aspects of life around economized metrics of individualized and individuated success. This book will be of use to students and scholars crossing the fields of media and communication, political science, and sociology.

Kim Hong Nguyen is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication at University of Waterloo, Canada. Her research interests include rhetorical theory and criticism and cultural studies. Her work has appeared in Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Howard Journal of Communications, and Cultural Politics.

Acknowledgements.- Rhetoric in Neoliberalism; Kim Hong Nguyen.- Chapter 1: Accountable to Whom? The Rhetorical Circulation of Neoliberal Discourse and its Ambient Effects on Higher Education; Phillip Goodwin, Katrina Miller, and Catherine Chaput.- Chapter 2: Warren Buffett's Celebrity, Epideictic Ethos, and Neoliberal Humanitarianism; Mark Meister and Carrie Anne Platt.- Chapter 3: Rhetorical Agency in a Neoliberal Age: Foucault, Power, Agency and Ethos; Robert Danisch.- Chapter 4: The Capable American: Ethos, Pathos, and the Governance of Education; Samuel Jay.- Chapter 5: Constitutive Rhetoric in the Age of Neoliberalism; David Seitz and Amanda Tennant.- Chapter 6: Branding Citizens: The Logic(s) of A Few Bad Apples; Jennifer Wingard.- Chapter 7: The Psychotic Discourse of 9/11 Truth; Jodi Dean.- Chapter 8: Computational Culture and the New Platonism in Neoliberal Rhetoric; Gerald Voorhees.- Afterword; Bradford Vivian.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	Rhetoric, Politics and Society
Zusatzinfo	X, 234 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	3251 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	communicative labor • Cultural Economy • Homo economicus • material rhetoric • neoliberal rationality • rhetorical analysis • rhetorical circulation • rhetorical criticism • rhetorical materialism • US politics
ISBN-10	3-319-81979-8 / 3319819798
ISBN-13	978-3-319-81979-2 / 9783319819792
Zustand	Neuware