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OverviewIn their efforts to uncover the principles of a robust conception of democracy, theorists of deliberative democracy place a premium on the role of political expression-public speech and reasoned debate-as the key to democratic processes. They also frequently hark back to historical antecedents (as in the Habermasian invocation of the public sphere of eighteenth-century bourgeois society and the Arendtian valorization of the classical Athenian polis) in their quest to establish that deliberative procedures are more than merely theoretical and instead have a practical application. But for all this emphasis on the discursive and historical dimensions of democracy, these theorists have generally neglected the rich resources available in the history of rhetorical theory and practice. It is the purpose of Talking Democracy to resurrect this history and show how attention to rhetoric can help lead to a better understanding of both the strengths and limitations of current theories of deliberative democracy. Contributors, besides the editors, are Russell Bentley, Tsae Lan Lee Dow, Tom Murphy, Arlene Saxonhouse, Gary Shiffman, John Uhr, Nadia Urbinati, John von Heyking, and Douglas Walton. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Benedetto Fontana (Baruch College/CUNY) , Cary J. Nederman (Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University) , Gary RemerPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.653kg ISBN: 9780271024578ISBN 10: 0271024577 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 15 December 2004 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Deliberative Democracy and the Rhetorical Turn Benedetto Fontana, Cary J. Nederman, and Gary Remer 1. Rhetoric and the Roots of Democratic Politics Benedetto Fontana 2. Democratic Deliberation and the Historian's Trade: The Case of Thucydides Arlene W. Saxonhouse 3. Deliberation versus Decision: Platonism in Contemporary Democratic Theory Gary Shiffman 4. Rhetorical Democracy Russell Bentley 5. Cicero and the Ethics of Deliberative Rhetoric Gary Remer 6. Disarming, Simple, and Sweet: Augustine's Republican Rhetoric John von Heyking 7. The Road to Heaven Is Paved with Pious Deceptions: Medieval Speech Ethics and Deliberative Democracy Cary J. Nederman and Tsae Lan Lee Dow 8. Deliberative Democracy and the Public Sphere: Answer or Anachronism? Thomas Murphy 9. Auditory Democracy: Separation of Powers and the Locations of Listening John Uhr 10. Reading J. S. Mill's The Subjection of Women as a Text of Deliberative Rhetoric Nadia Urbinati 11. Criteria of Rationality for Evaluating Democratic Public Rhetoric Douglas Walton Contributors IndexReviewsTalking Democracy is an excellent volume, not only because the essays recover forgotten sources of profound reflection on rhetoric and the true nature of democratic deliberation, but also because the contributors display a remarkable flexibility in bringing historical perspectives to bear on contemporary issues. Perhaps the greatest virtue of this volume is the service it does in bridging the divide within political theory between the study of the history of political thought and contemporary attempts to construct new theoretical models. The contributors have not merely argued that even premodern sources can shed light on questions central to political theory today - they have demonstrated it. - Devin Stauffer, Perspectives on Politics A fine scholarly volume, Talking Democracy is a salutary corrective to any conception of political theorizing as something of a straightforwardly progressive enterprise which has long ago surpassed the wisdom of the ancients, who remain only to be caricatured or pillaged. The editors accomplish this by assembling a diverse collection of essays that draw upon premodern political thought in order to assess the idea of deliberative democracy. The contributors illuminate the shortcomings of that present-day endeavor to design the best regime by retrieving an understanding of deliberative practices and democratic realities that deliberative democratic theory forgets or abstracts away from, whether neglectfully or willfully. Above all, the book demonstrates the wrongheadedness of imagining the possibility and supposing the desirability of liberating deliberation from rhetorical persuasion. - Travis D. Smith, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author InformationBenedetto Fontana is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Baruch College of the City University of New York. Cary J. Nederman is Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies at Texas A&M University. Gary Remer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tulane University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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