Words on Fire

Eloquence and Its Conditions

AvRob Goodman

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Why is political rhetoric broken - and how can it be fixed? Words on Fire returns to the origins of rhetoric to recover the central place of eloquence in political thought. Eloquence, for the orators of classical antiquity, emerged from rhetorical relationships that exposed both speaker and audience to risk. Through close readings of Cicero - and his predecessors, rivals, and successors - political theorist and former speechwriter Rob Goodman tracks the development of this ideal, in which speech is both spontaneous and stylized, and in which the pursuit of eloquence mitigates political inequalities. He goes on to trace the fierce disputes over Ciceronian speech in the modern world through the work of such figures as Burke, Macaulay, Tocqueville, and Schmitt, explaining how rhetorical risk-sharing has broken down. Words on Fire offers a powerful critique of today's political language - and shows how the struggle over the meaning of eloquence has shaped our world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-12-16
Mått:159 x 236 x 20 mm
Vikt:501 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:234
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781316517659

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Statsvetenskap och politisk teori inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Rob Goodman is Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University and a former US House and Senate speechwriter.

Recensioner i media

'A beautiful, complex, and powerful book about the beauty, complexity, and power of words. This is a major scholarly contribution to the rhetorical turn in political theory that offers an original and at times startling reading of eloquence, its long history as an object of study and practice, and its political potential for contemporary democracy. Impeccably researched, masterfully argued, but above all employing its own form of captivating eloquence, this book is a delight to read from beginning to end.' Simone Chambers, University of California, Irvine

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: 'Just Words'; Part 1. Eloquence and the Ancients: 1. 'I Tremble with My Whole Heart': Cicero on the Anxieties of Eloquence; 2. The Parthenon and the Outhouse: Cicero's Demosthenes and the Uses of Style; Part 2. Eloquence and the Moderns: 3. Edmund Burke and the Deliberative Sublime; 4. Debatable Land: Macaulay, Tocqueville, and the Art of Judgment; 5. Speaking 'As If': Carl Schmitt and Rhetoric as Ritual; Conclusion: On Not Listening.