Speaking for the Polis - (Studies in Rhetoric & Communication) by Takis Poulakos (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Poulakos suggests that Isocrates' rhetorical endeavors gained stability through narratives of values and shared commitments, credence through seasoned arguments about plausible solutions to political discord, and weight through the convergence of the speaker's words and quality of character.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>Speaking for the Polis</i> considers Isocrates' educational program from the perspective of rhetorical theory and explores its relation to sociopolitical practices. Illumining Isocrates' efforts to reformulate sophistic conceptions of rhetoric on the basis of the intellectual and political debates of his times, Takis Poulakos contends that the father of humanistic studies and rival educator of Plato crafted a version of rhetoric that gave the art an important new role in the ethical and political activities of Athens.</p><p>Poulakos demonstrates how Isocrates adopted, transformed, and put to new tasks Protagorean and Gorgianic notions of rhetoric and how he used rhetoric to resolve tensions between political equality and social inequality. Poulakos suggests that Isocrates' rhetorical endeavors gained stability through narratives of values and shared commitments, credence through seasoned arguments about plausible solutions to political discord, and weight through the convergence of the speaker's words and quality of character.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Takis Poulakos</b> is an associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Iowa. His other books are <i>Greek Classical Rhetorical Theory, Rethinking the History of Rhetoric, The Philosophy of Communication, </i>and <i>Isocrates and Civic Education.</i></p>
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