Rhetorical Negotiation of Emotion and Mood
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https://doi.org/10.52610/rhs.v22i78.41Keywords:
emotions, pathos, mood, the oratorical situation, Aristotle, Martin HeideggerAbstract
Whereas most rhetorical theories of pathos focus on the strategic influence on the audience, this article aims at a broader interpretation of emotion. Considering examples from rhetorical practice, such as a sense of community in the oratorical situation, we argue that some emotions do not seem determinable within traditional rhetorical categories, nor do they relate to the persuasion of an audience. We aim to provide a better foundation for understanding the role of emotions in rhetoric. Based on Aristotle’s positioning of pathos under diathesis, the audience’s disposition for certain emotions, and on Heidegger’s interpretation thereof, we propose a distinction between a technical pathos concerned with the strategic influence on an audience, and a generalized pathos that exceeds any specific state of mind of the audience.
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