The Politics of Eloquence : : David Hume's Polite Rhetoric / / Marc Hanvelt.
History has shown us that the power of political speech can be put to both positive and manipulative ends - while rhetoric is a powerful tool for those who seek to persuade others to adopt their views, it can also be employed to foment factionalism and undermine the very basis of a democratic societ...
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Hanvelt, Marc, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Politics of Eloquence : David Hume's Polite Rhetoric / Marc Hanvelt. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017] ©2012 1 online resource (224 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Hume's Political Project -- 2. Hume on Rhetoric and Persuasion -- 3. Hume's Conception of Politeness -- 4. Polite in His Own Way (Hume and the Scots) -- 5. Resuscitating the Passionate Eloquence of the Ancients -- 6. Rhetoric and the Public Sphere -- 7. Toward a Politics of Eloquence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star History has shown us that the power of political speech can be put to both positive and manipulative ends - while rhetoric is a powerful tool for those who seek to persuade others to adopt their views, it can also be employed to foment factionalism and undermine the very basis of a democratic society. In this unique study, Marc Hanvelt shows how eighteenth-century philosopher David Hume confronted questions about the negative moral and political effects of rhetoric, and how he differentiated between manipulative and non-manipulative political speech.Drawing on Hume's philosophical, historical, and popular writings, The Politics of Eloquence presents an understanding of rhetoric that can be properly ascribed to this important thinker, an understanding hitherto overlooked in the scholarly literature. Offering an original approach to thinking about political rhetoric - an essential element of democratic politics - Hanvelt makes important contributions to both Hume scholarship and to broader areas in political theory and philosophy. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) Eloquence. Persuasion (Rhetoric) Political aspects. Political oratory. Rhetoric Political aspects. DISCOUNT-B. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. bisacsh print 9781442643796 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442696945 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442696945 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442696945.jpg |
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