What Is Performative Activism?

IF 0.3 4区哲学 0 LITERATURE

PHILOSOPHY AND RHETORIC Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI:10.5325/philrhet.55.1.0083

A. F. Thimsen

引用次数: 5

Abstract

abstract:Performative activism is a critical label that is applied to instances of shallow or self-serving support for social justice causes. The accusation rests on a distinction between what is said by supposed supporters and what they actually do. One of the challenges of understanding the rhetoricity of the phrase "performative activism" is that its definition seems to place it at odds with the most common scholarly definitions of "performative," in which there is little or no difference between saying and doing. Nonetheless, making a distinction between what is said and done is rhetorically effective in itself. By understanding the accusation of performative activism as a type of critique, we can begin to see how such critical gestures are better understood as demands rather than condemnations.

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什么是行动主义?

行为行动主义是一个重要的标签，适用于对社会正义事业的肤浅或自私的支持。这一指控基于所谓的支持者所说的和他们实际所做的之间的区别。理解“行为行动主义”这个短语的修辞性的挑战之一是，它的定义似乎与最常见的“行为主义”的学术定义不一致，在这种定义中，说和做之间几乎没有区别。尽管如此，区分说的和做的本身在修辞上是有效的。通过将对行为行动主义的指责理解为一种批评，我们可以开始看到如何更好地将这种批评姿态理解为要求而不是谴责。

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0.70

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25.00%

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