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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817519803321

Autore

Marsh Charles <1955-, >

Titolo

Classical rhetoric and modern public relations : an Isocratean model / / Charles Marsh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-24263-5

0-203-10298-3

1-283-86184-4

1-136-24264-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in public relations ; ; 1

Disciplina

885/.01

Soggetti

Rhetoric - Political aspects

Rhetoric, Ancient

Education, Greek - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Classical Rhetoric and Modern Public Relations An Isocratean Model; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Isocrates and Modern Public Relations: An Overview; 2 Sophrosyne and Dikaiosyne: Isocrates' Concentric Ethics; 3 Peitho: An Isocratean Model of Persuasion; 4 Homonoia: Isocratean Rhetoric and Public Relations' Social Harmony Frameworks; 5 Koinos Bios: Isocratean Rhetoric and the Reflective Paradigm; 6 Logos and Dunamis: Isocratean Rhetoric and Postmodern Public Relations; 7 Syggrammata: Isocratean Planning and New Media; 8 Paideia: Isocrates' Rhetorical Education

9 Antilogia: Speaking against Isocrates10 Mimesis: Rediscovering Isocrates; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book expands the theoretical foundations of modern public relations, a growing young profession that lacked even a name until the twentieth century. As the discipline seeks guiding theories and paradigms, rhetorics both ancient and modern have proven to be fruitful fields of exploration. Charles Marsh presents Isocratean rhetoric as an instructive antecedent. Isocrates was praised by Cicero and Quintilian as ""the master of all rhetoricians,"" favored over Plato and



Aristotle. By delineating the strategic value of Isocratean rhetoric to modern public relations, Marsh addr