{"product_id":"chiasmus-and-culture-edited-by-boris-wiseman-and-anthony-paul-6-studies-in-rhetoric-and-culture-6-9780857459602","title":"Chiasmus and Culture Edited by Boris Wiseman and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoing beyond traditional rhetoric, this volume is concerned with the possibility of using the figure of chiasmus to model a broad array of phenomena, from human relations to artistic creation. In the process, it provides the first book-length study not of chiasmus, the rhetorical figure, but of chiastic thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis book \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003emakes a timely, original, and significant contribution to the study of rhetoric and culture. More specifically, this collection offers a sophisticated and wide-ranging analysis of chiasmus as a crucially important (but hitherto neglected) figure of speech and thought\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  Michael MacDonald\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Waterloo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis is a great collection of texts written in the Rhetoric Culture paradigm covering historical as well as cultural diversity, each approaching the topic of chiastic thought and action in its individual style, which will attract readers from a variety of disciplines and possibly provide a new and fruitful concept for academic thought and discussion.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Meyer\u003c\/strong\u003e, Martin Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAnthony Paul and Boris Wiseman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: THE PATHOS OF CHIASMUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom stasis to ek-stasis: four types of chiasmus\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAnthony Paul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e What is a Chiasmus? Or, Why the Abyss Stares Back\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRobert Hariman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chiasmus and Metaphor\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eIvo Strecker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: EPISTEMOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON CHIASMUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chiasm in Merleau-Ponty, metaphor or concept?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eIsabelle Thomas-Fogiel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eChiasmi figuring difference\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eStephen Tyler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eForking: Rhetoric χ \u003ci\u003eRhetoric\u003cbr\u003e \tPhillipe-Joseph Salazar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: SENSUOUS EXPERIENCE MEDIATED BY CHIASMUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eChiasm in suspense in psychoanalysis\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAlain Vanier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eQuotidian Chiasmus in Montaigne\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePhillip John Usher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003e'Travestis, Michês'\u003c\/i\u003e and Chiasmus\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBen Bollig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: CHIASTIC STRUCTURES IN RITUAL AND MYTHO-POETIC TEXTS \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eParallelism and Chiasmus in Ritual Oration\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDouglas Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eChiasmus, mythical creation and H.C. Andersen’s \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e followed by a “Response” from Lucien Scubla\u003cbr\u003e \t \u003ci\u003eBoris Wiseman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038920016215,"sku":"9780857459602","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857459602.jpg?v=1750941940","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chiasmus-and-culture-edited-by-boris-wiseman-and-anthony-paul-6-studies-in-rhetoric-and-culture-6-9780857459602","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}