Titel
Rhetoric as Critique: Towards a Rhetorical Philosophy
Autor*in
Andreas Hetzel
University of Hildesheim
Abstract
While philosophy has been defined as a critical endeavour since Plato, the critical potential of rhetoric has been mostly overlooked. In recent years, critique itself – as a means of enlightenment and emancipation – has come under attack. While there have been various attempts to renew and strengthen critical theory and practice, rhetoric has not yet played a part in these attempts. Addressing this lacuna, the article argues that rhetoric can function as a critical force within philosophy. The rhetorical perspective confronts the claim to rational discourse and universal knowledge with the contingency of philosophical languages, means of representation, and social practices. Moreover, it allows us to think of critique as an activity of a subject that is at the same time constituted and transformed by it. This opens up the possibility of a rhetorical philosophizing that meets its critical standards by taking into account both the conditions of its own speaking and what it must exclude as its ‘other’ in order to function.
Stichwort
critical theorycritiquegenealogyphilosophypracticerhetoricsocial criticismsubjectivity
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1958643
Erschienen in
Titel
Theory, Culture & Society
Band
40
Ausgabe
3
ISSN
0263-2764
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Seitenanfang
41
Seitenende
61
Publication
SAGE Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Zugänglichkeit
Rechte
Rechteangabe
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