Political Theory between Philosophy and Rhetoric

Politics as Transcendence and Contingency
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-349-95292-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 215 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3947 g

Reihe: Rhetoric, Politics and Society

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ballacci, Giuseppe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.