Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive) Volume 6 Volume 6 (2008) Article 10 2008 A Silent Rhetoric: The Mechanism of Propaganda as Persuasion Ken-ichi Sasaki Nihon University; The University of Tokyo,
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[email protected]. A Silent Rhetoric: The Mechanism of Propaganda as Persuasion About CA Ken-ichi Sasaki Journal Abstract Under ongoing globalization the particularity of cultures has Contact CA become a major topic in contemporary aesthetics. Someone insists on the right of national culture against globalism, others Links wish to bridge cultures.[1] Apparently opposing one another, they share the same gaze on the individual character of every Submissions culture. To confirm or transcend our cultural or national affiliation through art there exists the common dimension of Search Journal aesthetic persuasion: that is the subject of this paper. Key Words aesthetics, film, material particularity, person, persuasion, propaganda, Rocky, Sands of Iwo Jima, type, viewpoint Editorial Board Permission to Reprint 1. Persuasion as the Task of Propaganda Privacy Many people claim, in the current trends of globalism, the right of particular cultures.