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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kendall GerdesPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press ISBN: 9780822948117ISBN 10: 0822948117 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 10 June 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsIn this timely study, Kendall Gerdes makes a powerful case for sensitivity as an indispensable element of an ethical rhetorical theory. Her scrupulous analyses of recent public controversies over student activism hinge on a compelling redefinition of this human capacity. Nuanced readings of journalism, academic studies, institutional documents, and student demands offer fresh perspectives on key terms of debate and especially on marginalized students' rhetorical situations and achievements.--Susan Jarratt, University of California at Irvine Kendall Gerdes compellingly argues that denigrating sensitivity in debates over trigger warnings, sexual misconduct, safe spaces, and campus carry laws denies 'our vulnerability to one another as rhetorical subjects.' With notable energy and lucidity, she contends that demands for sensitivity exemplify the mutual responsibility engendered by our 'irremissible exposedness, ' and call for rethinking 'the force and potential trauma' of affect.--Nathan Stormer, University of Maine Sensitive Rhetorics is a clear, insightful, and timely intervention into the popular falsehood that college students are overly sensitive to new ideas and perspectives. Kendall Gerdes shows how the trope of sensitivity has been used to label students who advocate for social justice, on campus and off, as censorious and closed-minded. In the process, Gerdes offers a refreshing affirmative argument about sensitivity grounded in rhetorical theory: understanding the inherent human exposure or vulnerability to language, Gerdes concludes, is an essential part of teaching and learning.--Bradford Vivian, Penn State University "In this timely study, Kendall Gerdes makes a powerful case for sensitivity as an indispensable element of an ethical rhetorical theory. Her scrupulous analyses of recent public controversies over student activism hinge on a compelling redefinition of this human capacity. Nuanced readings of journalism, academic studies, institutional documents, and student demands offer fresh perspectives on key terms of debate and especially on marginalized students' rhetorical situations and achievements.--Susan Jarratt, University of California at Irvine Kendall Gerdes compellingly argues that denigrating sensitivity in debates over trigger warnings, sexual misconduct, safe spaces, and campus carry laws denies 'our vulnerability to one another as rhetorical subjects.' With notable energy and lucidity, she contends that demands for sensitivity exemplify the mutual responsibility engendered by our 'irremissible exposedness, ' and call for rethinking 'the force and potential trauma' of affect.--Nathan Stormer, University of Maine ""Sensitive Rhetorics is a clear, insightful, and timely intervention into the popular falsehood that college students are overly sensitive to new ideas and perspectives. Kendall Gerdes shows how the trope of sensitivity has been used to label students who advocate for social justice, on campus and off, as censorious and closed-minded. In the process, Gerdes offers a refreshing affirmative argument about sensitivity grounded in rhetorical theory: understanding the inherent human exposure or vulnerability to language, Gerdes concludes, is an essential part of teaching and learning."" --Bradford Vivian, Penn State University ""In this timely study, Kendall Gerdes makes a powerful case for sensitivity as an indispensable element of an ethical rhetorical theory. Her scrupulous analyses of recent public controversies over student activism hinge on a compelling redefinition of this human capacity. Nuanced readings of journalism, academic studies, institutional documents, and student demands offer fresh perspectives on key terms of debate and especially on marginalized students' rhetorical situations and achievements."" --Susan Jarratt, University of California at Irvine ""Kendall Gerdes compellingly argues that denigrating sensitivity in debates over trigger warnings, sexual misconduct, safe spaces, and campus carry laws denies 'our vulnerability to one another as rhetorical subjects.' With notable energy and lucidity, she contends that demands for sensitivity exemplify the mutual responsibility engendered by our 'irremissible exposedness, ' and call for rethinking 'the force and potential trauma' of affect."" --Nathan Stormer, University of Maine Sensitive Rhetorics is a clear, insightful, and timely intervention into the popular falsehood that college students are overly sensitive to new ideas and perspectives. Kendall Gerdes shows how the trope of sensitivity has been used to label students who advocate for social justice, on campus and off, as censorious and closed-minded. In the process, Gerdes offers a refreshing affirmative argument about sensitivity grounded in rhetorical theory: understanding the inherent human exposure or vulnerability to language, Gerdes concludes, is an essential part of teaching and learning.--Bradford Vivian, Penn State University" """Sensitive Rhetorics is a clear, insightful, and timely intervention into the popular falsehood that college students are overly sensitive to new ideas and perspectives. Kendall Gerdes shows how the trope of sensitivity has been used to label students who advocate for social justice, on campus and off, as censorious and closed-minded. In the process, Gerdes offers a refreshing affirmative argument about sensitivity grounded in rhetorical theory: understanding the inherent human exposure or vulnerability to language, Gerdes concludes, is an essential part of teaching and learning."" --Bradford Vivian, Penn State University ""In this timely study, Kendall Gerdes makes a powerful case for sensitivity as an indispensable element of an ethical rhetorical theory. Her scrupulous analyses of recent public controversies over student activism hinge on a compelling redefinition of this human capacity. Nuanced readings of journalism, academic studies, institutional documents, and student demands offer fresh perspectives on key terms of debate and especially on marginalized students' rhetorical situations and achievements."" --Susan Jarratt, University of California at Irvine ""Kendall Gerdes compellingly argues that denigrating sensitivity in debates over trigger warnings, sexual misconduct, safe spaces, and campus carry laws denies 'our vulnerability to one another as rhetorical subjects.' With notable energy and lucidity, she contends that demands for sensitivity exemplify the mutual responsibility engendered by our 'irremissible exposedness, ' and call for rethinking 'the force and potential trauma' of affect."" --Nathan Stormer, University of Maine" Author InformationKendall Gerdes is assistant professor of writing and rhetoric studies at the University of Utah, coeditor of Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, and a lifetime member of the Rhetoric Society of America. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |