Description
A study of how the climate crisis is changing human communication from a celebrated rhetorician.
Why is it difficult to talk about climate change? Debra Hawhee argues that contemporary rhetoric relies on classical assumptions about humanity and history that cannot conceive of the present crisis. How do we talk about an unprecedented future or represent planetary interests without privileging our own species? A Sense of Urgency explores four emerging answers, their sheer novelty a record of both the devastation and possible futures of climate change. In developing the arts of magnitude, presence, witness, and feeling, A Sense of Urgency invites us to imagine new ways of thinking with our imperiled planet.
Author: Debra Hawhee
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 06/30/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.88w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780226826783
ISBN10: 0226826783
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric
- Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Science | Global Warming & Climate Change
Why is it difficult to talk about climate change? Debra Hawhee argues that contemporary rhetoric relies on classical assumptions about humanity and history that cannot conceive of the present crisis. How do we talk about an unprecedented future or represent planetary interests without privileging our own species? A Sense of Urgency explores four emerging answers, their sheer novelty a record of both the devastation and possible futures of climate change. In developing the arts of magnitude, presence, witness, and feeling, A Sense of Urgency invites us to imagine new ways of thinking with our imperiled planet.
Author: Debra Hawhee
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 06/30/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.88w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780226826783
ISBN10: 0226826783
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric
- Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Science | Global Warming & Climate Change
About the Author
Debra Hawhee is the McCourtney Professor of Civic Deliberation and professor of English and communication arts and sciences at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of two books, including Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw: Animals, Language, Sensation, also published by the University of Chicago Press.