Makes a significant contribution to the study of rhetoric in poltical theory

Creates a dialogue between historical political theorists and twentieth-century thinkers

Combines the fields of philosophy, political theory and rhetoric studies

Makes a significant contribution to the study of rhetoric in poltical theory Creates a dialogue between historical political theorists and twentieth-century thinkers Combines the fields of philosophy, political theory and rhetoric studies

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt

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.