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Overview"This is a revaluing of rhetoric in the educational model of the father of humanistic studies. """"Speaking for the Polis"""" 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.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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Takis PoulakosPublisher: University of South Carolina Press Imprint: University of South Carolina Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781570037931ISBN 10: 1570037930 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 30 November 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTakis Poulakos is an associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Iowa. His other books are Greek Classical Rhetorical Theory, Rethinking the History of Rhetoric, The Philosophy of Communication, and Isocrates and Civic Education. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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