The rhetoric of Plato's Republic : democracy and the philosophical problem of persuasion /

Plato isn't exactly thought of as a champion of democracy, and perhaps even less as an important rhetorical theorist. In this book, James L. Kastely recasts Plato in just these lights, offering a vivid new reading of one of Plato's most important works: the Republic. At heart, Kastely demo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kastely, James L., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Plato. > Republic.
Republic (Plato)
Democracy > Philosophy.
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophie ancienne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Republic: Plato's democratic epic
  • The elenchic victory and the failure of persuasion
  • Glaucon's request for a persuasive argument
  • Confronting obstacles to persuasion
  • The limits of persuasion: the residual force of culture and the unruliness of desire
  • The argument for philosophy
  • A rhetorical account of philosophy
  • Compelling a philosopher
  • A genuinely persuasive defense of justice?
  • The rhetorical office of poetry
  • Philosophical rhetoric.

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