The conversational Enlightenment : the reconception of rhetoric in eighteenth-century thought /

Traces the spread of the concept of conversation during the Enlightenment, including the project of politeness, the fine arts, philosophy and public opinion. The book narrates this triumph of conversational style and thought partly as a succession to the oratorical rhetoric that characterized the Re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Randall, David, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Habermas, Jürgen.
Habermas, Jürgen
1700-1799
Conversation > History > 18th century.
Conversation analysis.
Enlightenment.
Conversation > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Analyse de la conversation.
Siècle des Lumières.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
HISTORY / Renaissance
Conversation
Conversation analysis
Enlightenment
Konversation
Kunst
Literatur
Philosophie
Rhetorik
Frankreich
Großbritannien
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The society and culture of conversation
  • The oratorical arts
  • The conversational arts
  • The philosophy of conversation
  • public opinion
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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