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Inexorable Burden: Rhetoric and Togetherness Ethan Sproat Mckay Purdue University Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs Open Access Dissertations Theses and Dissertations Fall 2013 Inexorable Burden: Rhetoric and Togetherness Ethan Sproat McKay Purdue University Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations Part of the Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons, and the Rhetoric Commons Recommended Citation McKay, Ethan Sproat, "Inexorable Burden: Rhetoric and Togetherness" (2013). Open Access Dissertations. 54. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/54 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. Graduate School ETD Form 9 (Revised 12/07) PURDUE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL Thesis/Dissertation Acceptance This is to certify that the thesis/dissertation prepared By Ethan McKay Sproat Entitled Inexorable Burden: Rhetoric and Togetherness Doctor of Philosophy For the degree of Is approved by the final examining committee: Thomas Rickert Chair Jennifer Bay Richard Johnson-Sheehan Patricia Sullivan To the best of my knowledge and as understood by the student in the Research Integrity and Copyright Disclaimer (Graduate School Form 20), this thesis/dissertation adheres to the provisions of Purdue University’s “Policy on Integrity in Research” and the use of copyrighted material. Approved by Major Professor(s): ____________________________________Thomas Rickert ____________________________________ Approved by: Nancy J. Peterson 10/10/13 Head of the Graduate Program Date INEXORABLE BURDEN: RHETORIC AND TOGETHERNESS A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Ethan M. Sproat In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy December 2013 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation could not have happened without the generous guidance and support of many dear associates. There are simply too many people to acknowledge, so I will content myself with this brief list: My visionary dissertation advisor, Thomas Rickert. My kind, thoughtful, and brilliant dissertation committee: Jennifer Bay, Richard Johnson-Sheehan, and Patricia Sullivan (plus honorary member Dave Blakesley). Teachers who have rarely treated me like a student: Charlie Meyers, Ed Cutler, Matt Wickman, Christine Weigel, Shannon Mussett, Pierre LaMarche, Michael Minch, Greg Clark, Shirley Rose, Patrick Kain, floyd merrell, and many others. Dear colleagues, who have helped me keep my humanity through the slog of graduate studies and crazy teaching situations: Liz Angeli, Laurie Pinkert, Adam Pope, Jess Clements, Alex Hidalgo, Caitlan Spronk, Christina Gonzalez, James Gunter, Jake Robertson, Jon Wallin, Josh Prenosil, Dana Driscoll, Cris Elder, Allen Brizee, Zach Koppelmann, Cody Reimer, Boyd Peterson, and many others. iii The Purdue Department of English administrative staff, who I’m pretty sure rule the universe: Jill Quirk, Lisa Hartman, Janeen Redman, and Judy Ware (department chairs and grad students come and go, but these women abide). My gutsy new colleagues for taking a chance and hiring me: Steve Gibson, Rick McDonald, Wioleta Fedeczko, Mark Crane, and Mark Pepper. My dear friend and mentor Gary Hatch, whose influence will continue to guide me for years to come. Family, and friends who feel like family, who give me a picture of what existence after grad school is all about: Mom and Dad, Sally, Jeremy, Emily, Noah, the Williams, the Routsongs, the Tates, the Baileys, the Calls, the Fransons, the Evans, the Benches, the Osborns, the Brooks, the Hortons, the Miskins, John, Weston, Suzanne, Eric, Katie, Josh, Elden, Garrett, Jared, Zach, and many, many, many others. And Libby, my best and truest friend, who bears with me every hardship and makes better every good thing in my life. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................................... viii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................................... ix CHAPTER 1. THE END OF DELIBERATION: COMPLETING DECISIONS TOGETHER THROUGH CONFERRING ........................................................................................................................ 1 The Problem of Rhetoric in Postmodern Composition ...................................................... 1 Methodology and Rhetoric’s Elusive Calamity ...................................................................... 6 A Philology of Deliberation .......................................................................................................... 15 The Question of Aristotle’s Continued Relevance .............................................................. 23 Chapter Summaries ......................................................................................................................... 32 CHAPTER 2. THE END OF CONFLICT: TELOS AND THE RHETORIC OF “WAR” ........... 34 Beginning with Ends ....................................................................................................................... 34 A Philology of Telos .......................................................................................................................... 40 Telos and Stasis .................................................................................................................................. 45 Telos, Burke, and Nietzsche .......................................................................................................... 48 War as Telos ........................................................................................................................................ 52 Nietzsche and Enemies .................................................................................................................. 57 Toward Purification ........................................................................................................................ 62 v Page A Teleological Account of Telos .................................................................................................. 66 CHAPTER 3. THE END OF DIVERGENCE: SYMBOULEUTIKON AND THE RHETORICAL IMPERATIVE .............................................................................................................................................. 72 Toward an Actual Ethics of Rhetoric ....................................................................................... 72 Language, Public, Rules .................................................................................................................. 80 A Philological Meaning of Meaning ........................................................................................... 88 The Question of Divergence in Kantian Ethics .................................................................... 96 The Problem of Divergence within Kant’s Ethical Community ..................................... 99 Engaging Divergence beyond Kant’s Ethical Community (or the Pluralistic Key to the Whole Program of Rational Thought) .......................................................................... 103 The “Scandal” Counterargument ............................................................................................ 106 The “Friend” Counterargument ............................................................................................... 110 The Softer Divergence Counterargument ........................................................................... 113 Toward the Rhetorical Imperative (or How to Use One’s Moral Perfections in Social Intercourse) ........................................................................................................................ 117 Conclusion: the Rhetorical Imperative and Its Perfection .......................................... 123 CHAPTER 4. THE END OF DEMOCRACY: SYMPHERON AND THE EXPEDIENCY OF INEFFICIENCY ........................................................................................................................................ 127 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 127 A Philology of Sympheron .......................................................................................................... 133 vi Page Alexis de Tocqueville, Kenneth Burke, and the Expediency of Democratic Inefficiency ....................................................................................................................................... 140 CHAPTER 5: THE END OF INSTRUCTION: TELOS/SYMPHERON IN TECHNICAL WRITING AND VISUAL RHETORIC ............................................................................................... 160 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 160 Telos/Sympheron and Just’s Memo ........................................................................................ 170 Telos/Sympheron and Instruction Manuals ....................................................................... 175 Telos/Sympheron and Visual Rhetoric .................................................................................. 181 A Closing Thought on Blaberon ............................................................................................... 186 CHAPTER 6.
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