Movement Theory
Rhetorical Movements: A Temporal View
Five Stages of a Rhetorical Movement
Rupture
Formation
Constitution
Saturation
Deformation
Rhetorical Movements: A Spatial View
Movement Tradents and Inventional Resources
Movements borrow lines of argument from:
Enclaves, e.g.:
Religious
Ethnic
Economic
Political
Intellectual
Aesthetic
Other Movements
The Dominant Public Itself, e.g.:
Sympathetic
Refutative
Defensive Strategies of the Dominant Public:
Silence
Denial
Ridicule
Objection
Refutation
Constitutive and Oppositional Themes
Constitutive Oppositional
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Unity |
Rejection |
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Common Cause/Compromise |
Objection/Conflict |
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Tradition |
Radical Extension |
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Transcendence (stabilizing) |
Transcendence (progressive) |
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Creation (origins) |
Creation (new beginnings) |