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Hunger for Voice: Transformative Argumentation in the 2005 Guantánamo Bay Hunger Strike

Hunger for Voice: Transformative Argumentation in the 2005 Guantánamo Bay Hunger Strike This article develops a theory of politically transformative argumentation with the 2005 Guantánamo Bay Detention Center hunger strike as its exemplary case. Drawing on Rancīere's theory of political action, I advance the claim that transformative argumentation in hostile environments must often create its own conditions for being heard by another as deliberative speech. To account for the possibility of substantive political change in highly controlled carceral spaces such as Guantánamo Bay, critics should focus on the act of listening, rather than on the charismatic, persuasive speaker. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Argumentation and Advocacy Taylor & Francis

Hunger for Voice: Transformative Argumentation in the 2005 Guantánamo Bay Hunger Strike

Vicaro, Michael P.
Argumentation and Advocacy , Volume 51 (3): 14 – Jan 1, 2015
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Hunger for Voice: Transformative Argumentation in the 2005 Guantánamo Bay Hunger Strike

Abstract

This article develops a theory of politically transformative argumentation with the 2005 Guantánamo Bay Detention Center hunger strike as its exemplary case. Drawing on Rancīere's theory of political action, I advance the claim that transformative argumentation in hostile environments must often create its own conditions for being heard by another as deliberative speech. To account for the possibility of substantive political change in highly controlled carceral spaces such...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2015 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC
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2576-8476
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1051-1431
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10.1080/00028533.2015.11821848
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Abstract

This article develops a theory of politically transformative argumentation with the 2005 Guantánamo Bay Detention Center hunger strike as its exemplary case. Drawing on Rancīere's theory of political action, I advance the claim that transformative argumentation in hostile environments must often create its own conditions for being heard by another as deliberative speech. To account for the possibility of substantive political change in highly controlled carceral spaces such as Guantánamo Bay, critics should focus on the act of listening, rather than on the charismatic, persuasive speaker.

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Argumentation and Advocacy – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 1, 2015

Keywords: prison; embodiment; hermeneutics; listening; Rancière

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