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Political rhetoric and its relationship to context

A new theory of the rhetorical situation, the rhetorical and the political

Bibliographic Data

ID12876995
AuthorsNick Turnbull (0000-0003-3496-8418, University of Manchester, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume14
Issue2
Pages115-131
Publication date2016-12-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Discourse Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1740-5904 • E-ISSN: 1740-5912
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17405904.2016.1268186
OpenAlexW2563026665
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited30

Political rhetoric is underpinned by its relationship to context. Scholars have struggled to articulate this relationship by relying upon an ontological perspective of rhetoric and situation. This paper utilizes a new, problematological philosophy of rhetoric in context that overcomes these limitations. This approach employs a logic of question and answer which articulates the contingency of rhetoric as well as the structuring effects of context, conceived as social distance. This paper makes three conceptual innovations; philosophically redefining the rhetorical situation via a social problematology; developing a relational conception of situation; and originating a rhetorical theory of situatedness

Context (archaeology · Contingency · Epistemology · Linguistics · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Rhetorical device · Rhetorical question · Social science · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · History · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Rhetoric and Communication Studies

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Unique citing works10
Citations per year1,25
Citation span2018 - 2025 (8)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 10

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