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5 unusual facts about Rhetorical circulation


Rhetorical circulation

Books can be loaned; Internet memes can be shared; speeches can be overheard; YouTube videos can be embedded in web pages.

Theorists have connected rhetorical circulation to the Marxist idea of circulation, as articulated in Grundrisse.

However, a photo might be snapped of a typo on the front page, and posted to Facebook: this is circulation.

Marx critiques classical economics theory, where economists like David Ricardo and Jean-Baptiste Say proposed a model of production, distribution, exchange, and consumption.

Social theorist Michael Warner has suggested that rhetorical circulation creates publics.



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