Topologies as Techniques for a Post-Critical Rhetoric
This book restores the concept of topology to its rhetorical roots to assist scholars who wish not just to criticize power dynamics, but also to invent alternatives. Topology is a spatial rather than a causal method. It works inductively to model discours
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edited by LY N D A WA L S H , CASEY BOYLE
Topologies as Techniques for a Post-Critical Rhetoric
Lynda Walsh • Casey Boyle Editors
Topologies as Techniques for a Post-Critical Rhetoric
Editors Lynda Walsh Department of English University of Nevada Reno, Nevada, USA
Casey Boyle Department of Rhetoric and Writing University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-51267-9 ISBN 978-3-319-51268-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51268-6
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CONTENTS
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From Intervention to Invention: Introducing Topological Techniques Lynda Walsh and Casey Boyle
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Aristotle’s Topoi and Idia as a Map of Discourse Sara Rubinelli
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Topoi and Tekmēria: Rhetorical Fluidity among Aristotle, Isocrates, and Alcidamas Adam W. Cody and Rosa A. Eberly
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The Shape of Labor to Come Casey Boyle
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Inventing Mosquitoes: Tracing the Topology of Vectors for Human Disease Molly Hartzog
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Genre Signals in Textual Topologies William Hart-Davidson and Ryan Omizo
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Mapping Rhetorical Topologies in Cognitive Neuroscience Jordynn Jack, L. Gregory Appelbaum, Elizabeth Beam, James Moody, and Scott A. Huettel
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Topology and Psychoanalysis: Rhe-torically Restructuring the Subject Jake Cowan
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A Year of Deliberating Danger(ously): A Network Topology of the Loaded Climate Dice Kenneth C. Walker
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