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- Summary
- 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 demonstrates, the Republic is a democratic epic poem and pioneering work in rhetorical theory. Examining issues of justice, communication, persuasion, and audience, he uncovers a seedbed of theoretical ideas that resonate all the way up to our contemporary democratic practices. As Kastely shows, the Republic begins with two interrelated crises: one rhetorical, one philosophical. In the first, democracy is defended by a discourse of justice, but no one can take this discourse seriously because no one can see<U+0127> �in a world where the powerful dominate the weak<U+0127> �how justice is a value in itself. That value must be found philosophically, but philosophy, as Plato and Socrates understand it, can reach only the very few. In order to reach its larger political audience, it must become rhetoric; it must become a persuasive part of the larger culture<U+0127> �which, at that time, meant epic poetry. Tracing how Plato and Socrates formulate this transformation in the Republic, Kastely isolates a crucial theory of persuasion that is central to how we talk together about justice and organize ourselves according to democratic principles.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 260 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780226278629
- Label
- The rhetoric of Plato's Republic : democracy and the philosophical problem of persuasion
- Title
- The rhetoric of Plato's Republic
- Title remainder
- democracy and the philosophical problem of persuasion
- Statement of responsibility
- James L. Kastely
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 demonstrates, the Republic is a democratic epic poem and pioneering work in rhetorical theory. Examining issues of justice, communication, persuasion, and audience, he uncovers a seedbed of theoretical ideas that resonate all the way up to our contemporary democratic practices. As Kastely shows, the Republic begins with two interrelated crises: one rhetorical, one philosophical. In the first, democracy is defended by a discourse of justice, but no one can take this discourse seriously because no one can see<U+0127> �in a world where the powerful dominate the weak<U+0127> �how justice is a value in itself. That value must be found philosophically, but philosophy, as Plato and Socrates understand it, can reach only the very few. In order to reach its larger political audience, it must become rhetoric; it must become a persuasive part of the larger culture<U+0127> �which, at that time, meant epic poetry. Tracing how Plato and Socrates formulate this transformation in the Republic, Kastely isolates a crucial theory of persuasion that is central to how we talk together about justice and organize ourselves according to democratic principles.--
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- 1947-
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- Kastely, James L.
- Dewey number
- 321.07
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Plato
- Democracy
- Persuasion (Rhetoric)
- Philosophy, Ancient
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- The rhetoric of Plato's Republic : democracy and the philosophical problem of persuasion, James L. Kastely
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index
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- 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
- Control code
- FIEb17746966
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226278629
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia.
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)898086832
- Label
- The rhetoric of Plato's Republic : democracy and the philosophical problem of persuasion, James L. Kastely
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index
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- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- FIEb17746966
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226278629
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia.
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