In case you haven’t seen the Crossfire bit to which chapter 3 of RCL referred, here’s Jon Stewart’s 2004 appearance on the show, shortly before the 2004 election, and not long after which the show was canceled:
August, 2013
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Jon Stewart eviscerates Crossfire
August 28, 2013 by Adam Haley
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Kant we all just get along?
August 28, 2013 by Adam Haley
Here’s Immanuel Kant writing about the way the realization of certain material facts about the world (i.e. that it is finite, not infinite) is what makes ethical, economic, and political thought both possible and necessary. This is one way of understanding chapter 3’s point that disagreement and the possibility thereof is the situation that produces—necessitates, even—rhetoric, deliberation, and democracy more broadly. By way of context, he’s talking just before this quote about hospitality, about “the right of a stranger not to be treated as an enemy when he arrives in the land of another,” as one of the tenets of his prescription for peaceful coexistence:
[Man] may request the right to be a permanent visitor . . . but the right to visit, to associate, belongs to all men by virtue of their common ownership of the earth’s surface; for since the earth is a globe, they cannot scatter themselves infinitely, but must, finally, tolerate living in close proximity, because originally no one had a greater right to any region of the earth than anyone else. Uninhabitable parts of this surface—the sea and deserts—separate these communities, and yet ships and camels (the ship of the desert) make it possible to approach one another across these unowned regions, and the right to the earth’s surface that belongs in common to the totality of men makes commerce possible.
If ever you’re interested in the whole thing (I know, I know), as it’s a pretty fascinating little document, it’s posted here in its entirety.
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rhetorical questions
August 26, 2013 by Adam Haley
Please respond to one of the first four “Rhetorical Activities” listed on page 41 of RCL. Just use the comment function on this post to record your response. (You may have to log into sites.psu.edu with your PSU credentials first.) While activity one and two would probably work best as analytical arguments with examples, questions three and four would probably work better as narratives, followed by reflection. Thinking about the form of the response is part of Aristotle’s invention.
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welcome to RCL!
August 26, 2013 by Adam Haley
Welcome to English 137H, section 22 for the 2013 fall semester. Keep your hands and arms inside the carpet!
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