A Freya Thimsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5131900 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Freya Thimsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | A Freya |
| FAMILY NAME | Thimsen |
| SIGNATURE | THIMSEN A F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Democratic Ethos: Authenticity and Instrumentalism in US Movement Rhetoric after Occupy
What Is Performative Activism
Performative activism is a critical label that is applied to instances of shallow or self-serving support for social justice causes. The accusation rests on a distinction between what is said by supposed supporters and what they actually do. One of the challenges of understanding the rhetoricity of the phrase “performative activism” is that its definition seems to place it at odds with the most common scholarly definitions of “performative,” in w…
The People Against Corporate Personhood: Doxa and Dissensual Democracy
This essay theorizes dissensual democracy as an event that requires both demonstration and critique of doxai. Jacques Rancière joins many theorists in rhetorical studies by arguing that democratic doxa is necessary for transformative collective politics. But Rancière famously dismisses the possibility that post-ideological approaches such as “critical rhetoric“ might contribute to democracy. Critique, however, has an important role to play in dis…
What Is Performative Activism
Performative activism is a critical label that is applied to instances of shallow or self-serving support for social justice causes. The accusation rests on a distinction between what is said by supposed supporters and what they actually do. One of the challenges of understanding the rhetoricity of the phrase “performative activism” is that its definition seems to place it at odds with the most common scholarly definitions of “performative,” in w…
The People Against Corporate Personhood: Doxa and Dissensual Democracy
This essay theorizes dissensual democracy as an event that requires both demonstration and critique of doxai. Jacques Rancière joins many theorists in rhetorical studies by arguing that democratic doxa is necessary for transformative collective politics. But Rancière famously dismisses the possibility that post-ideological approaches such as “critical rhetoric“ might contribute to democracy. Critique, however, has an important role to play in dis…
The Democratic Ethos: Authenticity and Instrumentalism in US Movement Rhetoric after Occupy
What Is Performative Activism
Performative activism is a critical label that is applied to instances of shallow or self-serving support for social justice causes. The accusation rests on a distinction between what is said by supposed supporters and what they actually do. One of the challenges of understanding the rhetoricity of the phrase “performative activism” is that its definition seems to place it at odds with the most common scholarly definitions of “performative,” in w…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Critical Theory and Political Philosophy (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Critical theory (1 works)