Saving Persuasion : : A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment / / Bryan Garsten.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Garsten, Bryan,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Udgivelsesår: 2009
• Sprog: English
• Fysisk beskrivelse: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Persuasion --; Part I. Against Rhetoric --; 1. The Rhetoric against Rhetoric: Hobbes --; 2. Persuading without Convincing: Rousseau --; 3. The Sovereignty of Scholars: Kant --; Part II. For Rhetoric --; 4. Drawing upon Judgment: Aristotle --; 5. Conviction and Controversy: Cicero --; 6. Persuasion and Deliberation --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674037519; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674037519
• Adgang: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bryan Garsten.

In Saving Persuasion, Bryan Garsten uncovers the early modern origins of today's suspicious attitude toward rhetoric and seeks to loosen its grip on contemporary political theory. He argues that the artful practice of persuasion ought to be viewed as a crucial part of democratic politics. Against theorists who advocate a rationalized 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.