Kenneth Burke: A Dialogue of MotivesAccording to the author, this study of the dramatistic philosophy of Kenneth Burke "is also about the philosophy of ethics of Emmanuel Levinas, because it attempts to reinterpret Burke's dramatism through the lens of an Other-centered philosophy of ethics, with the ultimate goal being to complete Burke's proposed trilogy of motives." The book begins with a review of Burke's discussions of ethics, followed by a critique and extension of central Burkean concepts on otherness and ethics. Later chapters present an original dramatistic theory of ethics and a dramatistic conception of dialogue and examine Burke's two major works: A Grammar of Motives and A Rhetoric of Motives. Murray is an independent scholar in Pennsylvania. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Emmanuel Levinass Phenomenology of the Other | 19 |
Conclusion | 31 |
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