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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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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