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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aEllwanger, Adam
_eautore
245 1 0 _aMetanoia :
_bRhetoric, Authenticity, and the Transformation of the Self /
_cAdam Ellwanger.
264 1 _aUniversity Park, PA :
_bPenn State University Press,
_c[2020]
264 4 _c©2020
300 _a1 online resource (216 p.)
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tForeword --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. Taking It Back --
_t2. Crucifying the Old Man --
_t3. Finding Yourself --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aWestern culture is in a moment when wholly new kinds of personal transformations are possible, but authentic transformation requires both personal testimony and public recognition. In this book, Adam Ellwanger takes a distinctly rhetorical approach to analyzing how the personal and the public relate to an individual’s transformation and develops a new vocabulary that enables a critical assessment of the concept of authenticity. The concept of metanoia is central to this project. Charting the history of metanoia from its original use in the classical tradition to its adoption by early Christians as a term for religious conversion, Ellwanger shows that metanoia involves a change within a person that results in a truer version of him- or herself—a change in character or ethos. He then applies this theory to our contemporary moment, finding that metanoia provides unique insight into modern forms of self-transformation. Drawing on ancient and medieval sources, including Thucydides, Plato, Paul the Apostle, and Augustine, as well as contemporary discourses of self-transformation, such as the public testimonies of Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezal, Ellwanger elucidates the role of language in signifying and authenticating identity. Timely and original, Ellwanger’s study formulates a transhistorical theory of personal transformation that will be of interest to scholars working in social theory, philosophy, rhetoric, and the history of Christianity.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2023)
650 0 _aRhetoric
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
650 0 _aSelf.
650 7 _aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric.
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653 _aEpistrophe.
653 _aEthos.
653 _aIdentity Politics.
653 _aIdentity.
653 _aMetanoia.
653 _aPersonal Transformation.
653 _aRhetoric.
653 _aRhetorical Theory.
653 _aSubjectivity.
653 _aThe Self.
700 1 _aGehrke, Pat J.
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780271086804?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271086804
856 4 2 _3Cover
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