Anhand der aus der Rhetorik stammenden analytischen Begriffe des Sprechers, der Sprache und des Auditoriums eröffnet diese Studie einen neuartigen Blick auf die politische Theoriegeschichte und erweist sich gerade in ihren materialen Analysen des Werkes von Thomas Hobbes wie auch in ihren Einschätzungen der Hobbes-Lektüren von Leo Strauss und Carl Schmitt als für politiktheoretische Forschung überaus fruchtbar und ertragreich.
"The Rhetoric of the Political" (Text in German) Due 2nd quarter 1995 Taking from the ancient art of rhetoric, the analytical conceptions of the orator, the speech and the audience, this study reveals a new namely a rethorical prospect on the history of political thoughts and ideas. Especially concerning its precise textual re-reading of Thomas Hobbes's political theory from his early drafts to his masterpiece als well as its further examination of Carl Schmitt's and Leo Strauss's reception of Hobbes, this study should stimulate much debate in the current political science research.
"The Rhetoric of the Political" (Text in German) Due 2nd quarter 1995 Taking from the ancient art of rhetoric, the analytical conceptions of the orator, the speech and the audience, this study reveals a new namely a rethorical prospect on the history of political thoughts and ideas. Especially concerning its precise textual re-reading of Thomas Hobbes's political theory from his early drafts to his masterpiece als well as its further examination of Carl Schmitt's and Leo Strauss's reception of Hobbes, this study should stimulate much debate in the current political science research.