Marc Hanvelt

The Politics of Eloquence

David Hume's Polite Rhetoric

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on Hume's philosophical, historical, and popular writings, The Politics of Eloquence presents an understanding of rhetoric that can be properly ascribed to this important thinker, an understanding hitherto overlooked in the scholarly literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781442643796
• ISBN-10: 144264379X
• Artikelnr.: 33805035

Autorenporträt

Marc Hanvelt is an adjunct research professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Hume's Political Project
Chapter Two: Hume on Rhetoric and Persuasion
Chapter Three: Hume's Conception of Politeness
Chapter Four: Polite in His Own Way (Hume and the Scots)
Chapter Five: Resuscitating the Passionate Eloquence of the Ancients
Chapter Six: Rhetoric and the Public Sphere
Chapter Seven: Toward a Politics of Eloquence
Notes
Bibliography