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Notes that John Dewey offers rhetorical studies a philosophical modernization of the eloquent citizen. Proposes that in so doing, an aesthetic-moral theory of communication emerges at the core of human subjectivity. Concludes that to better account for the role of communication in postmodern capitalism, rhetorical studies needs an aesthetic-economic theory of communication. (PM)

Argues for a new materialism. States rhetorical studies can achieve a new materialism by emphasizing how rhetoric traverses a governing apparatus as a technology of deliberation. Contends rhetorical studies will need to abandon a logic of representation for a logic of articulation to better account for how rhetorical practices distribute different elements into a functioning network of power. (PA)

Argues that Robert Scott's landmark 1967 essay sets in motion a constitutive model of rhetorical effectivity. States Scott's essay belongs to a disciplinary history that brings forth a central preoccupation with the ethical problematization of rhetorical practices from an aesthetic point of view. Discusses how this aesthetic turn transforms the rhetorical perspective on argumentation. (PA)

At the heart of James Amt Aune's approach to rhetorical theory and criticism was John Dewey's (1927) project of improving the 'methods and conditions of debate, discussion, and persuasion' (as [...]

Mercier and Sperber assign the human intent to persuade to the argumentative function of reasoning ('Why' 57). However, when pressed by reviewers to consider the 'rhetorical' character of argument, Mercier [...]