The politics of eloquence : David Hume's polite rhetoric / / Marc Hanvelt
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| Autore: |
Hanvelt Marc
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| Titolo: |
The politics of eloquence : David Hume's polite rhetoric / / Marc Hanvelt
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012 |
| ©2012 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (228 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.01/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Rhetoric - Political aspects |
| Political oratory | |
| Persuasion (Rhetoric) - Political aspects | |
| Eloquence | |
| Courtesy | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | History 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The politics of eloquence |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-9694-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452252803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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