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To learn more about the engraver of the 17th-century head-piece pictured to the left, see the IN BRIEF biography for Wenceslaus Hollar.

IN BRIEF topics on 2 other concepts related to the modern rhetorical situation: classical rhetoric’s concept of kairos (a Greek word “with no single or precise equivalent in any other language”) and occasio (or occasion).

IN BRIEF topics on critical pluralism and data-driven demagoguery which question the future of agonistic rhetoric in a world where digital media expertly manipulate and fake audiences, distorting the rhetorical situation in ways that impair human judgment and communication.

A preliminary debate over technocentric vs. rhetorical models of communication for the digital age, at She-philosopher.​com’s “A Note on Site Design” Web page.

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First Published:  December 2014
Revised (substantive):  30 June 2021


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^ 17th-century head-piece, showing six boys with farm tools, engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677).

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