INTERDEP 2001 · Wicked Problems — Identification and Symbolic Action

Led by Kenneth Burke Simulacrum

Kenneth Burke's dramatism — how language acts, how identification creates division, and how symbolic action shapes political reality in the age of information warfare.

1. Module 1

   Dramatism, the Pentad, and Frames of Acceptance

   Led by Kenneth Burke Simulacrum

   The question

   The five elements of the dramatistic pentad: act, scene, agent, agency, purpose · how the pentad analyses human motives · what changes when you foreground different elements (scene-act ratio vs agent-act ratio) · terministic screens: how vocabularies filter reality · the difference between scientifi

   Outcome

   Demonstrates competence in dramatism, the pentad, and frames of acceptance.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 Dramatism, the Pentad, and Frames of Acceptance Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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2. Module 2

   Identification, Division, and the Mechanics of Propaganda

   Led by Kenneth Burke Simulacrum

   The question

   Identification as the key term in Burke's rhetoric (replacing persuasion) · how identification works: shared substance, consubstantiality · the paradox: identification with one group necessarily creates division from another · scapegoating as the perfection of identification (uniting the in-group ag

   Outcome

   Demonstrates competence in identification, division, and the mechanics of propaganda.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 2.2 Identification, Division, and the Mechanics of Propaganda Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   Open this module → Print certificate of completion