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A Theory of Spectral Rhetoric

The Word between the Worlds

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Authors:
  1. Seth Pierce

    1. Communication, Union College - Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

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  • Draws on the thought of Jacques Derrida.
  • Analyses the felt absences and hauntings of written and oral texts.
  • Includes three case studies to demonstrate
  • how spectral rhetoric works

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Ghost Map

    • Seth Pierce
    Pages 1-28

  3. Phantomimetic Theory

    • Seth Pierce
    Pages 29-37

  4. The Rhetorrectional Situation

    • Seth Pierce
    Pages 39-48

  5. Somebody’s Watching Me: Visor Affect

    • Seth Pierce
    Pages 49-57

  6. The Spectrality of the Sophists: Double Kairos and Timely Untimeliness

    • Seth Pierce
    Pages 59-70

  7. The Art of ‘G/hosting’: Phantomime

    • Seth Pierce
    Pages 71-77

  8. Transtextual Haunting: Revenance

    • Seth Pierce
    Pages 79-87

  9. Casket Case #1: Haunting the Reader: C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce and the Rhetorrectional Situation

    • Seth Pierce
    Pages 89-107

  10. Casket Case #2: The Ghost-Shaped Brain: Tim Jennings and the Rhetorrectional Situation

    • Seth Pierce
    Pages 109-133

  11. Casket Case #3: House of Sacred Remains: Bishop Curry’s Wedding Homily and the Rhetorrectional Situation

    • Seth Pierce
    Pages 135-150

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 151-170
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About this book

This book synthesizes Jacques Derrida’s hauntology and spectrality with affect theory, in order to create a rhetorical framework analyzing the felt absences and hauntings of written and oral texts. The book opens with a history of hauntology, spectrality, and affect theory and how each of those ideas have been applied. The book then moves into discussing the unique elements of the rhetorical framework known as the rhetorrectional situation. Three case studies taken from the Christian tradition, serve to demonstrate how spectral rhetoric works. The first is fictional, C.S. Lewis ’The Great Divorce. The second is non-fiction, Tim Jennings ’The God Shaped Brain. The final one is taken from homiletics, Bishop Michael Curry’s royal wedding 2018 sermon. After the case studies conclusion offers the reader a summary and ideas future applications for spectral rhetoric.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Communication, Union College - Nebraska, Lincoln, USA

    Seth Pierce

About the author

Seth Pierce is Assistant Professor of Communication and Communication Program Director at Union College, Nebraska, USA. Prior to completing his Ph.D. in communication he served as a pastor. He is also the author of Seeking an Understanding: How to Have Difficult Conversations Without Destroying Your Relationships (2020).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Theory of Spectral Rhetoric

  • Book Subtitle: The Word between the Worlds

  • Authors: Seth Pierce

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69679-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69678-8Published: 24 August 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69681-8Published: 25 August 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69679-5Published: 23 August 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 170

  • Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Poststructuralism, Media and Communication

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