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Book SynopsisKenneth Burke: A Dialogue of Motives employs the philosophy of ethics of Emmanuel Levinas to develop a uniquely dramatistic philosophy of ethics. Jeffrey Murray analyzes Kenneth Burke''s A Grammar of Motives and A Rhetoric of Motives and offers the notion of a dialogue of motives as a completion of Burke''s proposed trilogy and as a supplement to Burke''s own tools for rhetorical criticism.
Trade Review?'Dialogue' offers a unique, Other-centered perspective of Burkean ethics that contributes to the ongoing conversation about Burke. -- Bjorn F. Stillion Southard, University of Maryland * Southern Communication Journal *
…'Dialogue' offers a unique, Other-centered perspective of Burkean ethics that contributes to the ongoing conversation about Burke. -- Bjorn F. Stillion Southard, University of Maryland * Southern Communication Journal *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Building a Dramatistic Theory of Ethics: Kenneth Burke, Ethics, and the Call of the Other; An Other Ethics for Kenneth Burke; Rhetorical Criticism and the Call of the Other Chapter 6 A Dialogue of Motives: Recalcitrance and Irony; Grammar, Rhetoric, Dialogue: A Trilogy of Motives; Dialectic, Dialogue, and Justice Chapter 7 Concluding Acknowledgment Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 Index Chapter 10 Author's Biographical Sketch
