Jonathan Doering
Biographic Data
| ID | 3832321 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Doering |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Doering |
| SIGNATURE | DOERING J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cape Breton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7079-8765 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1939 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Sophistic Esprit Français
This essay examines the role of sophistic practices in elite French humanistic education, specifically “omniloquacity”, the ability to speak about any given subject. Drawing together intellectual history, cross-cultural comparisons, and educational testimonies, the essay elaborates a “pedagogical” version of sophistry in this French context that differs from more traditional “vocational” sophistries. Although I focus on the mid-twentieth century,…
The Linguistic Terror in France according to Jean Paulhan and Jean-Paul Sartre
The literary critic and NRF editor Jean Paulhan devised a way of thinking about fluctuating historical and psychological attitudes toward language, organizing them into a dialectic of "Rhetoric" and "Terror." In this article, I focus on Paulhan and Sartre's response to the interwar crisis of Terror and explore Rhetoric and Terror as a heuristic in the intellectual history of France
An Exploration of the Existence and Utility of a Quaker Literary Aesthetic in the Poetry of Philip Gross and Sibyl Ruth
Quakers have had an ambivalent historical relationship with creativity, initially placing taboos around its creation and reception but they now actively make and enjoy literature. This thesis explores what might constitute a Liberal Quaker Literary Aesthetic (QLA), and tests a theoretical model through an analysis of the poetry of British Quaker poets Philip Gross and Sybil Ruth. The QLA, it is suggested, consists of seven key features: openness,…
David Hume on oratory
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David Hume on oratory
An Exploration of the Existence and Utility of a Quaker Literary Aesthetic in the Poetry of Philip Gross and Sibyl Ruth
Quakers have had an ambivalent historical relationship with creativity, initially placing taboos around its creation and reception but they now actively make and enjoy literature. This thesis explores what might constitute a Liberal Quaker Literary Aesthetic (QLA), and tests a theoretical model through an analysis of the poetry of British Quaker poets Philip Gross and Sybil Ruth. The QLA, it is suggested, consists of seven key features: openness,…
The Linguistic Terror in France according to Jean Paulhan and Jean-Paul Sartre
The literary critic and NRF editor Jean Paulhan devised a way of thinking about fluctuating historical and psychological attitudes toward language, organizing them into a dialectic of "Rhetoric" and "Terror." In this article, I focus on Paulhan and Sartre's response to the interwar crisis of Terror and explore Rhetoric and Terror as a heuristic in the intellectual history of France
The Sophistic Esprit Français
This essay examines the role of sophistic practices in elite French humanistic education, specifically “omniloquacity”, the ability to speak about any given subject. Drawing together intellectual history, cross-cultural comparisons, and educational testimonies, the essay elaborates a “pedagogical” version of sophistry in this French context that differs from more traditional “vocational” sophistries. Although I focus on the mid-twentieth century,…
Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Classics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)