Material rhetoric | ScienceGate

2 Cor 9.6–15 is crucial for understanding Paul's collection for Jerusalem, and this investigation exegetically examines the text while giving particular attention to three dimensions: sapiential material, rhetoric, and the socio-economic nature of the Corinthian church. The study concludes that the sapiential material comes from a Hellenistic Jewish background, though it shares affinities with Greco-Roman themes. Paul employs deliberative logos in vv. 6–10 as he addresses those in the lower socio-economic levels of the church, while he primarily employs pathos in vv. 12–14 and addresses those in the higher socio-economic levels of the church.

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Writing the body: An experiment in material rhetoric

Rhetoric Review ◽

10.1080/07350190009359278 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 19 (1-2) ◽

pp. 60-72

Author(s):

Cheryl Forbes

Keyword(s):

The Body ◽

Material Rhetoric

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Case Studies in Material Rhetoric: Joseph Priestley and Gilbert Austin

Rhetorica A Journal of the History of Rhetoric ◽

10.1525/rh.2010.28.3.261 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 261-289 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Debra Hawhee ◽

Cory Holding

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Case Studies ◽

Material Rhetoric ◽

Joseph Priestley

This essay offers “material rhetoric” as a new addition to the usual list of categories used to describe rhetoric in the eighteenth century (neoclassical, belletristic, elocutionary, epistemological/psychological) by examining the material elements of treatises written by Joseph Priestley and Gilbert Austin. Those material elements—namely heat, passion, and impression—are tracked through Priestley and Austin's scientific writings, thereby positioning their particular strains of material rhetoric as legacies of philosophical chemistry.

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Technical Standards and a Theory of Writing as Infrastructure

Written Communication ◽

10.1177/0741088320916553 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 401-427

Author(s):

Jordan Frith

Keyword(s):

Social World ◽

Writing Studies ◽

Future Research ◽

Material Rhetoric ◽

Technical Standards ◽

Data Standard ◽

Specific Standard ◽

Develop Theory ◽

The Internet Of Things ◽

Do So

Infrastructures support and shape our social world, but they do so in often invisible ways. In few cases is that truer than with various documents that serve infrastructural functions. This article takes one type of those documents—technical standards—and uses analysis of one specific standard to develop theory related to the infrastructural function of writing. The author specifically analyzes one of the major infrastructures of the Internet of Things—the 126-page Tag Data Standard (TDS)—to show how rethinking writing as infrastructure can be valuable for multiple conversations occurring with writing studies, including research on material rhetoric, research that expands the scope of what should be studied as writing, and research in writing studies that links with emerging fields. The author concludes by developing a model for future research on the infrastructural functions of writing.

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