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[ecrea] CfP: Radical Political Rhetoric
Tue Jan 31 21:17:53 GMT 2012
please find below a call for papers related to the London Conference in
Critical Thought in June 2012. If you are interested in sending a paper
proposal, please have a look here:
http://londonconferenceincriticalthought.wordpress.com/propose-a-paper/
Deadline is 19 Feb 2012.
best
James Martin
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*Radical Political Rhetoric*
Coordinators: James Martin & Alan Finlayson
‘Political activity’, claims Jacques Rancière, ‘makes understood as
discourse what was once only heard as noise’. Central to radical
politics, then, are inventive rhetorical practices: mobilising critique,
disrupting dominant forms of discourse and generating new forms of
argumentation to win new audiences. But what are the contemporary
sources for a radical political rhetoric? Who performs radical critique
and how? In what respects does the current crisis demand inventive
rhetoric and to whom should these arguments be directed? Should radical
politics be conceived as an argumentative practice at all? Can
occupations and demonstrations effectively persuade and mobilise
opinion? When does protest stop being just ‘noise’?
We invite papers to explore the rhetorical styles and substance of
radical politics. Proposed papers may cover (but are not limited to) the
following topics:
· The philosophical sources, grounds and premises of radical rhetoric;
their limitations and advantages
· The stylistic forms of argumentation and communication
· The audiences of radical political argument
· Practical examples of inventive forms of critique and persuasion
· Reflection on the rhetorical contexts and modalities of political critique
· The place of emotions and affect in political communication
· Democracy and rhetorical subjectivity
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Professor James Martin
Goldsmiths, University of London
Email: (j.martin /at/ gold.ac.uk) <mailto:(j.martin /at/ gold.ac.uk)>
Web: www.gold.ac.uk/politics/staff/martin/
<http://www.gold.ac.uk/politics/staff/martin/>
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