03492nam 2200697 450 991045225280332120200520144314.01-4426-9694-X10.3138/9781442696945(CKB)2550000000100917(OCoLC)794620020(CaPaEBR)ebrary10560486(SSID)ssj0000658031(PQKBManifestationID)11456200(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658031(PQKBWorkID)10681366(PQKB)11543123(CEL)438913(CaBNVSL)slc00228887(MiAaPQ)EBC3280077(MiAaPQ)EBC4672903(DE-B1597)483227(OCoLC)1004871837(DE-B1597)9781442696945(Au-PeEL)EBL4672903(CaPaEBR)ebr11258554(EXLCZ)99255000000010091720160926h20122012 uy 0engurcn||||||a||txtccrThe politics of eloquence David Hume's polite rhetoric /Marc HanveltToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2012.©20121 online resource (228 p.)1-4426-4379-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Hume's Political Project --2. Hume on Rhetoric and Persuasion --3. Hume's Conception of Politeness --4. Polite in His Own Way (Hume and the Scots) --5. Resuscitating the Passionate Eloquence of the Ancients --6. Rhetoric and the Public Sphere --7. Toward a Politics of Eloquence --Notes --Bibliography --IndexHistory has shown us that the power of political speech can be put to both positive and manipulative ends - while rhetoric is a powerful tool for those who seek to persuade others to adopt their views, it can also be employed to foment factionalism and undermine the very basis of a democratic society. In this unique study, Marc Hanvelt shows how eighteenth-century philosopher David Hume confronted questions about the negative moral and political effects of rhetoric, and how he differentiated between manipulative and non-manipulative political speech. Drawing on Hume's philosophical, historical, and popular writings, The Politics of Eloquence presents an understanding of rhetoric that can be properly ascribed to this important thinker, an understanding hitherto overlooked in the scholarly literature. Offering an original approach to thinking about political rhetoric - an essential element of democratic politics - Hanvelt makes important contributions to both Hume scholarship and to broader areas in political theory and philosophy.RhetoricPolitical aspectsPolitical oratoryPersuasion (Rhetoric)Political aspectsEloquenceCourtesyElectronic books.RhetoricPolitical aspects.Political oratory.Persuasion (Rhetoric)Political aspects.Eloquence.Courtesy.320.01/4Hanvelt Marc969810MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452252803321The politics of eloquence2204308UNINA