Rob Goodman (Toronto Ryerson University)

Words on Fire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why is political rhetoric brokenâ and how can it be fixed? Ranging from Cicero's Rome to modern polarization, Words on Fire is a new history of eloquence from political theorist and speechwriter Rob Goodman. It offers a powerful critique of today's political languageâ and shows how the struggle over the meaning of eloquence has shaped our world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9781009045773
• ISBN-10: 1009045776
• Artikelnr.: 62186509

Autorenporträt

Rob Goodman is Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University and a former US House and Senate speechwriter.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'Just Words'
Part 1. Eloquence and the Ancients: 1. 'I Tremble with My Whole Heart': Cicero on the Anxieties of Eloquence
2. The Parthenon and the Outhouse: Cicero's Demosthenes and the Uses of Style
Part 2. Eloquence and the Moderns: 3. Edmund Burke and the Deliberative Sublime
4. Debatable Land: Macaulay, Tocqueville, and the Art of Judgment
5. Speaking 'As If': Carl Schmitt and Rhetoric as Ritual
Conclusion: On Not Listening.