Introducing the New Concept of Inspirativity: Reassessing the Concept of Inspiration from the Perspective of Rhetorical Theory
Authors: Giedre Brazdauskaite
Issue: 2020, Vol. 6
Abstract
What inspires? What makes something inspirational? Recent research has already analyzed the concept of inspiration through its tripartite conceptualization as the three core characteristics of the state of inspiration: evocation, transcendence, and approach motivation; nevertheless, the key question on what makes something inspirational remains unanswered. The very quality and notion of inspirability is an elusive concept which scientifically has been scarcely analyzed; though it is evident that inspiration has always been a key motivator and driver of creativity. This paper is an attempt to conceptually advance the notion of inspirability by applying rhetorical theory constructs to the existing theory of inspiration and criteria for creativity. The author argues that the quality of inspirability can be viewed from the rhetorical perspectives of Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Kairos, thus giving birth to a new conceptual approach of inspirativity as a potential or a capacity to inspire.
Keywords: inspiration, creativity, rhetoric, inspirability, inspirativity.
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Authors: Giedre Brazdauskaite
Issue: 2020, Vol. 6
Abstract
What inspires? What makes something inspirational? Recent research has already analyzed the concept of inspiration through its tripartite conceptualization as the three core characteristics of the state of inspiration: evocation, transcendence, and approach motivation; nevertheless, the key question on what makes something inspirational remains unanswered. The very quality and notion of inspirability is an elusive concept which scientifically has been scarcely analyzed; though it is evident that inspiration has always been a key motivator and driver of creativity. This paper is an attempt to conceptually advance the notion of inspirability by applying rhetorical theory constructs to the existing theory of inspiration and criteria for creativity. The author argues that the quality of inspirability can be viewed from the rhetorical perspectives of Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Kairos, thus giving birth to a new conceptual approach of inspirativity as a potential or a capacity to inspire.
Keywords: inspiration, creativity, rhetoric, inspirability, inspirativity.
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