Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Civic Education: Drooping as Critical Practice
Department
School of Communications
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2011-2012
Abstract
In this brief paper, I draw mainly upon Burke's recently released, Towards a Symbolic of Motives, to outline his socioanagogic approach to language and education. I outline, clarify, and illustrate some of the social and political implications of what Burke has aptly called methodical drooping, an attitude best cultivated by the technique of preparatory withdrawal. In addition to elucidating these ideas and showing their practical application, I furthermore situate them within a much larger critical disposition, that of vigilantly watching over various yearnings for authoritative disambiguation.
Conference Name
103rd Convention of the Eastern Communication Association
Conference Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts
ScholarWorks Citation
Anton, Corey, "Civic Education: Drooping as Critical Practice" (2011). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 211.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/211
