A Sense of Urgency

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How the Climate Crisis Is Changing Rhetoric

By Debra Hawhee

Summary

A Sense of Urgency by Debra Hawhee challenges the traditional rhetoric used to discuss climate change, arguing that classical assumptions about humanity and history fall short in addressing this unprecedented crisis. The book explores four innovative rhetorical approaches—magnitude, presence, witness, and feeling—offering new ways to engage with the planet’s future and consider planetary interests beyond human privilege. It invites readers to rethink communication amid the climate emergency from a fresh and urgent perspective.
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This insightful work is ideal for students, scholars, and educators in rhetoric, communication, environmental studies, and anyone interested in the intersection of climate crisis and human discourse. It particularly suits readers seeking advanced, theoretical approaches to better understand and articulate the urgency of climate change.

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A study of how the climate crisis is changing human communication from a celebrated rhetorician.

Why is it difficult to talk about climate change? Debra Hawhee argues that contemporary rhetoric relies on classical assumptions about humanity and history that cannot conceive the present crisis. How do we talk about an unprecedented future or represent planetary interests without privileging our own species?

A Sense of Urgency explores four emerging answers, their sheer novelty a record of both the devastation and possible futures of climate change. In developing the arts of magnitude, presence, witness, and feeling, A Sense of Urgency invites us to imagine new ways of thinking with our imperiled planet.

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Inside Higher Ed praises the book for its detailed analysis of emerging rhetorical responses to climate change and notes how it pushes rhetorical scholarship itself to evolve under environmental pressures. The Rhetoric Society of America highlights Hawhee's compelling prose and innovative concepts like magnitude and witnessing, applied to diverse case studies including public health campaigns and youth activism, marking rhetoric as an intensifying art crucial to urgent climate action.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780226826783

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 June 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Illustration: 32 halftones

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 367g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Debra Hawhee is the McCourtney Professor of Civic Deliberation and professor of English and communication arts and sciences at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author or editor of four books, including Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw: Animals, Language, Sensation, also published by the University of Chicago Press.