Political theory between philosophy and rhetoric : politics as transcendence and contingency
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Political theory between philosophy and rhetoric : politics as transcendence and contingency
(Rhetoric, politics and society series)
Palgrave Macmillan, c2018
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-205) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores the significance of rhetoric from the perspective of its complex relationship with philosophy. It demonstrates how this relationship gives expression to a basic tension at the core of politics: that between the contingency of its happening and the transcendence toward which it strives.
The first part of the study proposes a reassessment of the ancient quarrel between philosophy and rhetoric, as it was discussed by Plato, Aristotle, and above all Cicero and Quintilian, who ambitiously attempted to bring them together creating an ideal that is at the roots of the humanist tradition. It then moves to twentieth-century political theory and shows how the questions that emerge from that quarrel still strongly resonate in the works of key thinkers such as H. Arendt, L. Strauss, and R. Rorty.
The volume thus offers an original contribution that locates itself at the intersection of politics, rhetoric, and philosophy.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction.- PART I.- Chapter 2 Between Philosophy and Rhetoric: Plato and Aristotle.- Chapter 3 The Union of Philosophy and Rhetoric: Cicero and Quintilian.- PART II.- Chapter 4 Politics as Transcendence: Leo Strauss.- Chapter 5 Politics as Contingency: Richard Rorty.- Chapter 6 Politics as Transcendence and Contingency: Hannah Arendt.- Chapter 7 Afterword.
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