The rise of rhetoric and its intersections with contemporary critical thought
By: Omar Swartz.
Series: Polemics series
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Rhetoric; Criticism
Description: xiii, 194 p. ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: Rhetoric as Culturally Experienced, 1; title: What Is Rhetoric? 5; title: Effective Versus Ineffective Rhetorical Theory, 9; title: Conclusion, 14; title: Notes, 15; title: 1 The Circumstance Behind the Development of Rhetorical Theory 17; title: The Need for Historicization in the Study of Ideas, 18; title: Exploring the Contradictions in Athenian and American "Democracy," 29; title: The Political Structure of Ancient Greece, 31; title: Comparison to U.S. Imperialism, 38; title: The Epistemic Function of Rhetoric, 40; title: Conclusion, 42; title: Notes, 42; title: 2 The Beginning of Rhetoric in Ancient Greece 46; title: Ideas, Representation, and Mythology, 46; title: Rhetoric Comes to Athens, 60; title: Protagoras and Gorgias, 70; title: Influence of the Sophists, 81; title: Conclusion, 83; title: Notes, 83; title: 3 Isocrates 87; title: Characteristics of Isocrates' Educational and Linguistic Philosophy, 89; title: Pedagogy and Politics, 94; title: Che Guevara, Praxis, and Third World Pan-Nationalism, 98; title: Isocrates' Educational "System," 104; title: The Writings of Isocrates, 107; title: Conclusion, 114; title: Notes, 114; title: 4 Plato 118; title: Education and Praxis: From Isocrates to Plato, 118; title: Reification and Foundations in the Dialogues of Plato, 121; title: Richard Weaver and Plato's Objections to the Sophists, 132; title: Plato's Philosophical Views, 136; title: Platonic Versus Rhetorical Analysis, 146; title: Conclusion, 150; title: Notes, 151; title: 5 Aristotle 154; title: Foucault, Knowledge, and Language, 154; title: Platonic Tendencies in Western Society, 156; title: Introduction to Aristotle, 158; title: The Rhetoric of Aristotle, 162; title: Aristotle: A Summary, 176; title: Notes, 176; title: Conclusion 179; title: Scholarship and Radical Democracy, 179; title: Notes, 183.