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OverviewThis title is the winner of the 2005 Thomas J. Wilson Prize of Harvard University Press. In today's increasingly polarised political landscape, it seems that fewer and fewer citizens hold out hope of persuading one another. Even among those who have not given up on persuasion, few will admit to practicing the art of persuasion known as rhetoric. To describe political speech as 'rhetoric' today is to accuse it of being superficial or manipulative. In Saving Persuasion , Bryan Garsten uncovers the early modern origins of this suspicious attitude toward rhetoric and seeks to loosen its grip on contemporary political theory. Revealing how deeply concerns about rhetorical speech shaped both ancient and modern political thought, he argues that the artful practice of persuasion ought to be viewed as a crucial part of democratic politics. He provocatively suggests that the aspects of rhetoric that seem most dangerous - the appeals to emotion, religious values, and the concrete commitments and identities of particular communities - are also those which can draw out citizens' capacity for good judgment. Against theorists who advocate a rationalised ideal of deliberation aimed at consensus, Garsten argues that a controversial politics of partiality and passion can produce a more engaged and more deliberative kind of democratic discourse. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bryan GarstenPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.558kg ISBN: 9780674021686ISBN 10: 0674021681 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 01 April 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock Table of ContentsReviewsSaving Persuasion deserves a wide audience. Any future discussion of the fate of rhetoric in the early modern period, of Cicero, and of Aristotle's Rhetoric will be defined by Garsten's work. And we rhetoricians can be very grateful to Garsten for joining us in our often quixotic quest to save persuasion. -- James Arnt Aune Philosophy and Rhetoric (01/01/2008) Author InformationBryan Garsten is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |