Rhetorical Animals:Boundaries of the Human in the Study of PersuasionEditors:Alex C. Parrish (James Madison University)&Kristian Bjrkdahl (Rokkan Centre for Social Studies)In recent yearshumanists andsocial scientists have sho!n increasin" interest inhuman#animal relations $ to the %oint !here many no! s%eak of an&animal turn'in the humanities and social sciences( Across history %sycholo"y anthro%olo"y literature sociolo"y %hiloso%hy and la! an interdisci%linaryfieldof human#animal studieshas)eenformin"( Certain common themes run throu"h this diverse field not least the re%roduction of human#animal difference and the conditions and the im%lications thereof(*es%ite the lon" history of lan"ua"e use as a marker of such difference the academic +uest to investi"ate the )oundary )et!een human and nonhuman has some!hat sur%risin"ly not taken root !ithin rhetorical studies $ at least not until no!( ,orthiseditedvolume !ethereforecall forcha%tersthat investi"atethe%laceofnonhumananimals inthe%urvie!ofrhetorical theory- !hat it !ould mean to communicate )eyond the human community- ho!rhetoric reveals our&)ruteroots('Inother !ords this )ookinvites contri)utions !hich enli"hten us a)out likely or %ossi)le im%lications of the animal turn !ithin rhetorical studies( .ould such a turn im%ly for instance that rhetoric needs a nonanthro%ocentric reconfi"uration/ 0he +uestion %erha%s is this: .hat difference!ouldit maketothedisci%lineif !e assumedthat nonhumanformsof communication!ereasinterestin"as human ones/,or this volume !e invite contri)utions froma variety of academic %ers%ectives that hel% elucidate ho! rhetoric can )enefit from and contri)ute to human#animal studies(A)stractsof nomorethan 122!ords should)e su)mitted !ith a )rief )io"ra%hy to Ale3 4arrish at ale3c%arrish5"mail(com and to 6ristian 789rkdahlatkristian()8orkdahl5uni(no(0he closin" date for su)missions is :2 June ;2: