Harvey Yunis 
Taming Democracy [PDF ebook] 
Models of Political Rhetoric in Classical Athens

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How does one speak to a large, diverse mass of ordinary, sovereign citizens and persuade them to render wise decisions? For Thucydides, Plato, and Demosthenes, who observed classical Athenian democracy in action, this was an urgent question. Harvey Yunis looks at how these three—historian, philosopher, politician respectively—explored the instructive potential of political rhetoric as a means of ‘taming democracy, ‘ Plato’s metaphor for controlling the fractious demos through language. Yunis offers new insights into the ideas of the three thinkers: Thucydides’ bipolar model of Periclean versus demagogic rhetoric; Plato’s engagement with political rhetoric in the Gorgias, the Phaedrus, and the Laws; and Demosthenes’ attempt both to instruct and to persuade his political audience. Yunis illuminates both the concrete historical problem of political deliberation in Athens and the intellectual and literary responses that the problem evoked. Few, if any, other books on classical Athens afford such a combination of perspectives from history, drama, philosophy, and politics. Writing with unusual clarity and cogency, Yunis translates all texts and explains the relevant issues. His book can profitably be read by anyone concerned with the issues at the heart of classical and contemporary democracy.

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Harvey Yunis is Associate Professor of Classics at Rice University.

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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 336 ● ISBN 9781501711374 ● Taille du fichier 19.1 MB ● Maison d’édition Cornell University Press ● Lieu Ithaca ● Pays US ● Publié 2018 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 6459987 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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