Inleiding Kairos een nieuwe bevlogenheid:
'Het curieuze personage dat met gevleugelde schouders en voeten op
dit boek prijkt, is voor een 21e eeuwse lezer niet gemakkelijk thuis
te brengen. Is het een engel of een daimon uit de klassieke oudheid, of
toch eerder een sprookjesfiguur of allegorische verbeelding uit de middel-
eeuwen? En waarom staat hij in opperste concentratie en diep voorover
gebogen te kijken naar de weegschaal die hij in zijn hand houdt?
Toch niet omdat hij een caloriearm diƫet wil aanprijzen? Nee, de weeg-
schaal verwijst naar het zorgvuldig wegen van het geschikte ogenblik, de
juiste gelegenheid en de juiste argumenten. Want wie hier staat afgebeeld,
is niemand minder dan Kairos, de jongste zoon van Zeus, die in de klassieke
oudheid ook wel ‘de god van het geschikte moment’ werd genoemd.
Tot aan het einde van de 16e eeuw bleef deze mythische god van de tijd
tot de verbeelding van menig filosoof, theoloog, arts of dichter spreken.
Kairos was de tijd die ertoe deed, de tijd die kansen bood, de tijd die voor
een doorbraak wist te zorgen. Hij vertegenwoordigde kortom al die
bevlogen momenten van schoonheid, inzicht en daadkracht die het leven
bijzonder maken'.
Joke. J. Hermsen'
In Stil de tijd noemde Joke J. Hermsen stilte, rust en
wachten voorwaarden voor werkelijke creativiteit en helder nadenken.
Maar hoe komen we na de rust weer in beweging?
In Kairos, een nieuwe bevlogenheid keert Hermsen zich tegen
het ‘technocratische denken’ en houdt ze een filosofisch pleidooi voor
de nieuwe bevlogenheid van de homo empathicus, die ons doen & denken
kan inspireren om een uitweg uit de economische en ecologische crisis
te vinden.
Hermsen toont en onderzoekt in dit boek diverse manieren van
wishful thinking, zoals het principe van de hoop (Ernst Bloch), het
enthousiasme (Kant, Plato en Nietzsche) en het principe van nataliteit
(Hannah Arendt).
Tevens beschrijft ze een aantal vindingrijke initiatieven op
het gebied van onderwijs, metamodernistische kunst en coƶperatieve
ecologische netwerken.
Nu de homo digitalis in opkomst is en de verregaande
technologisering van de mens een onomkeerbaar feit, is het zaak onze
aandacht op het menselijke van de mens te blijven richten. Wat doet de
mens van de machine verschillen?
Het antwoord is: creativiteit, empathie en het vermogen opnieuw te beginnen.
woensdag 2 juli 2014
dinsdag 1 juli 2014
Rhetorical Tricks
Old Rhetorical Tricks « Commentary Magazine
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/12/26/e-j-dionne-rhetorical-tricks/
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/12/26/e-j-dionne-rhetorical-tricks/
Speechwright
“Speechwright: An Insider’s Take on Political Rhetoric,” by William F. Gavin - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/speechwright-an-insiders-take-on-political-rhetoric-by-william-f-gavin/2011/11/11/gIQA8mdpDP_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/speechwright-an-insiders-take-on-political-rhetoric-by-william-f-gavin/2011/11/11/gIQA8mdpDP_story.html
Rhetoric: naked body
Rowman.com: 9780739167090 - Naked Politics: Nudity, Political Action, and the Rhetoric of the Body
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739167090
Naked Politics: Nudity, Political Action, and the Rhetoric of the Body by Brett Lunceford, examines the rhetorical power of the unclothed body as it relates to protest and political action. This study explores what the disrobed body communicates, and how others are invited to make sense of this display. The actions examined range from grassroots protests to those of professionalized social movement organizations. Specifically, Lunceford examines PETA and the use of chained women and the Running of the Nudes; lactivists, or women engaging in public breastfeeding as protest action in both online and physical space; the World Naked Bike Ride’s worldwide protest against oil dependency and attempt to raise awareness of the vulnerability of cyclists; and a contest held on College Humor that invited women to write their preferred presidential candidate on their exposed breasts and send the picture to them to post on the site. Although these actions may seem to have little in common beyond their use of body exposure, they all share the notions that something can happen when you take your clothes off and that the act of disrobing can have social and political consequences. Moreover, these groups illustrate the often paradoxical views of the exposed body—by both the participants and the observers—and how such bodies operate in the public sphere. Even when the voice is silent, the body still speaks; Naked Politics considers what is being said.
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739167090
Naked Politics: Nudity, Political Action, and the Rhetoric of the Body by Brett Lunceford, examines the rhetorical power of the unclothed body as it relates to protest and political action. This study explores what the disrobed body communicates, and how others are invited to make sense of this display. The actions examined range from grassroots protests to those of professionalized social movement organizations. Specifically, Lunceford examines PETA and the use of chained women and the Running of the Nudes; lactivists, or women engaging in public breastfeeding as protest action in both online and physical space; the World Naked Bike Ride’s worldwide protest against oil dependency and attempt to raise awareness of the vulnerability of cyclists; and a contest held on College Humor that invited women to write their preferred presidential candidate on their exposed breasts and send the picture to them to post on the site. Although these actions may seem to have little in common beyond their use of body exposure, they all share the notions that something can happen when you take your clothes off and that the act of disrobing can have social and political consequences. Moreover, these groups illustrate the often paradoxical views of the exposed body—by both the participants and the observers—and how such bodies operate in the public sphere. Even when the voice is silent, the body still speaks; Naked Politics considers what is being said.
Rhetoric Comics
Class reads between the lines of comics | Denton Record Chronicle | News for Denton County, Texas
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20120630-class-reads-between-the-lines-of-comics.ece
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20120630-class-reads-between-the-lines-of-comics.ece
Rhetoric: Education
Political Rhetoric (3): "Education reform?" STOP IT! Privatization or union-busting, please!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/30/1096862/-Political-Rhetoric-3-Education-reform-STOP-IT-Privatization-or-union-busting-please#
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/30/1096862/-Political-Rhetoric-3-Education-reform-STOP-IT-Privatization-or-union-busting-please#
zaterdag 15 november 2008
Moral integrity
November 15, 2008
Credo: The moral integrity that makes for a powerful speech
Geoffrey Rowell
TimesOnline. Novemeber 15, 2008.
One of the many striking things in the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States is the power of his language. His gifts of oratory and rhetoric are palpable, rooted in ancient and classical means of communication, in which rhythm, alliteration and assonance all have their part to play. In his powerful repetition of questions and phrases, challenging and cumulative sentences end with some simple affirmation — “Yes, we can.”
Aristotle famously spoke of three aspects of arguments that convince — logos, pathos and ethos. The first is centred on logical reasoning, the second on emotional appeal, and the third has at its heart an ethical appeal, convincing by the character of the speaker or author. When there is a mismatch or a disjunction between powerful words spoken and the character of the speaker, then the accusation of hypocrisy is quick to be made. Oratory and rhetoric to be powerful and convincing need to be grounded in a life that is consonant with the ideals proclaimed. Words without moral commitment will never suffice. It is not merely Obama’s words that have swayed Americans and moved so many elsewhere, it is the sense that words and character match. Both politicians and preachers are judged by their integrity, the coherence of life and rhetoric.
Credo: The moral integrity that makes for a powerful speech
Geoffrey Rowell
TimesOnline. Novemeber 15, 2008.
One of the many striking things in the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States is the power of his language. His gifts of oratory and rhetoric are palpable, rooted in ancient and classical means of communication, in which rhythm, alliteration and assonance all have their part to play. In his powerful repetition of questions and phrases, challenging and cumulative sentences end with some simple affirmation — “Yes, we can.”
Aristotle famously spoke of three aspects of arguments that convince — logos, pathos and ethos. The first is centred on logical reasoning, the second on emotional appeal, and the third has at its heart an ethical appeal, convincing by the character of the speaker or author. When there is a mismatch or a disjunction between powerful words spoken and the character of the speaker, then the accusation of hypocrisy is quick to be made. Oratory and rhetoric to be powerful and convincing need to be grounded in a life that is consonant with the ideals proclaimed. Words without moral commitment will never suffice. It is not merely Obama’s words that have swayed Americans and moved so many elsewhere, it is the sense that words and character match. Both politicians and preachers are judged by their integrity, the coherence of life and rhetoric.
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