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4996457The Rhetoric of Platos Republichttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-rhetoric-of-platos-republic-9780226278766/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3005787/835b4e40-47b4-4352-9b10-349624afb839.jpg?v=638684596247930000184212MXNThe University of Chicago PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>Plato isnt exactly thought of as a champion of democracy, and perhaps even less as an important rhetorical theorist. In this book, James L. Kastely recasts Plato in just these lights, offering a vivid new reading of one of Platos most important works: the <em>Republic</em>. At heart, Kastely demonstrates, the <em>Republic</em> is a democratic epic poem and pioneering work in rhetorical theory. Examining issues of justice, communication, persuasion, and audience, he uncovers a seedbed of theoretical ideas that resonate all the way up to our contemporary democratic practices.</p><p>As Kastely shows, the <em>Republic</em> begins with two interrelated crises: one rhetorical, one philosophical. In the first, democracy is defended by a discourse of justice, but no one can take this discourse seriously because no one can seein a world where the powerful dominate the weakhow justice is a value in itself. That value must be found philosophically, but philosophy, as Plato and Socrates understand it, can reach only the very few. In order to reach its larger political audience, it must become rhetoric; it must become a persuasive part of the larger culturewhich, at that time, meant epic poetry. Tracing how Plato and Socrates formulate this transformation in the <em>Republic</em>, Kastely isolates a crucial theory of persuasion that is central to how we talk together about justice and organize ourselves according to democratic principles.</p>...3906910The Rhetoric of Platos Republic184212https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-rhetoric-of-platos-republic-9780226278766/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3005787/835b4e40-47b4-4352-9b10-349624afb839.jpg?v=638684596247930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159780226278766_W3siaWQiOiI2OTMwZjg2ZS1kNGQ0LTQ2OTctOWQzMC1iZjZjMDg4OGNmOGEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIxMiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjI4LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDEtMTRUMDM6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780226278766_<p>Plato isnt exactly thought of as a champion of democracy, and perhaps even less as an important rhetorical theorist. In this book, James L. Kastely recasts Plato in just these lights, offering a vivid new reading of one of Platos most important works: the <em>Republic</em>. At heart, Kastely demonstrates, the <em>Republic</em> is a democratic epic poem and pioneering work in rhetorical theory. Examining issues of justice, communication, persuasion, and audience, he uncovers a seedbed of theoretical ideas that resonate all the way up to our contemporary democratic practices.</p><p>As Kastely shows, the <em>Republic</em> begins with two interrelated crises: one rhetorical, one philosophical. In the first, democracy is defended by a discourse of justice, but no one can take this discourse seriously because no one can seein a world where the powerful dominate the weakhow justice is a value in itself. That value must be found philosophically, but philosophy, as Plato and Socrates understand it, can reach only the very few. In order to reach its larger political audience, it must become rhetoric; it must become a persuasive part of the larger culturewhich, at that time, meant epic poetry. Tracing how Plato and Socrates formulate this transformation in the <em>Republic</em>, Kastely isolates a crucial theory of persuasion that is central to how we talk together about justice and organize ourselves according to democratic principles.</p>...9780226278766_The University of Chicago Presslibro_electonico_9780226278766_9780226278766James L.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-767ca03a-f6d2-44c8-8ed0-2f680e36db22.epub2015-08-25T00:00:00+00:00The University of Chicago Press