Political Theory between Philosophy and Rhetoric

Politics as Transcendence and Contingency

Giuseppe Ballacci (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

215 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-95788-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Giuseppe Ballacci is Research Fellow at the University of Minho, Portugal. He has held visiting positions in many institutions, including Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, KU Leuven, Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Chicago, and New School for Social Research. His areas of interest are Contemporary Political Theory, History of Political Thought, and Rhetoric.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.08.2020
Reihe/Serie	Rhetoric, Politics and Society
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 215 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-349-95788-7 / 1349957887
ISBN-13	978-1-349-95788-0 / 9781349957880
Zustand	Neuware