Toxic affirmation: The Nordic Waste scandal and the political pitfalls of affirmative materialisms in rhetorical criticism

Autor

  • Frederik Appel Olsen
  • Frida Hviid Broberg University of Copenhagen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29107/rr2024.2.3

Słowa kluczowe:

tosyczna afirmacja, nowa retoryka materialistyczna, dualizm umysł-ciało, Nordic Waste, krytyka retoryczna

Abstrakt

W ostatnich latach badacze retoryki zwrócili się ku badaniu materialności retoryki, a także retoryczności materii, często wprowadzając posthumanistyczne lub antyantropocentryczne stanowisko odrzucające dualizm (dualizmy) umysł-ciało, a także zwracając się ku ramom afirmatywnym jako alternatywie dla krytyki. Przedstawiając skandal Nordic Waste w Danii w 2023 r., w artykule wskazano na ryzyko toksycznego powielania perspektyw promowanych przez korporacje szkodzące środowisku w obrębie retoryki skupiającej się na materialności i afirmacji.

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30-06-2024 — zaktualizowane 01-07-2024

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Appel Olsen, Frederik, and Frida Hviid Broberg. (2024) 2024. “Toxic Affirmation: The Nordic Waste Scandal and the Political Pitfalls of Affirmative Materialisms in Rhetorical Criticism”. Res Rhetorica 11 (2): 46-61. https://doi.org/10.29107/rr2024.2.3.

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