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The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity by Nancy S. Professor Struever Offers a views of rhetoric through the lens of modality, arguing that rhetoric's guiding interest in what is possible makes it a suitable tool for understanding politics. This title examines rhetoric's role in the history of modernity and to makes connections between thinkers from the classical, early modern, and modern periods. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Since antiquity, philosophy and rhetoric have traditionally been cast as rivals, with the former often lauded as a search for logical truth and the latter usually disparaged as empty speech. But in this erudite intellectual history, Nancy S. Struever stakes out a claim for rhetoric as the more productive form of inquiry. Struever views rhetoric through the lens of modality, arguing that rhetoric's guiding interest in what is possible - as opposed to philosophy's concern with what is necessary - makes it an ideal tool for understanding politics. Innovative readings of Hobbes and Vico allow her to reexamine rhetoric's role in the history of modernity and to make fascinating connections between thinkers from the classical, early modern, and modern periods. From there she turns to Walter Benjamin, reclaiming him as an exemplar of modernist rhetoric and a central figure in the long history of the form. Persuasive and perceptive, "Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity" is a novel rewriting of the history of rhetoric and a heady examination of the motives, issues, and flaws of contemporary inquiry. Author Biography Nancy S. Struever is professor emerita in the Department of History and the Humanities Center at the Johns Hopkins University. Her most recent book is The History of Rhetoric and the Rhetoric of History. Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction: The Classical Background Chapter 2. The Modernity of Early Modernity Hobbes and Rhetorised Psychology Possibilities in Motion Hobbes and Rhetorised Argument Possible Agency and Possible Plot Vico: An Alternate Scenario Possible Agency Rhetoric and Legal Possibility Possible Plots Hobbes and Vico Chapter 3. From Early to Late Modernity Modality Sorts An Exemplary Modernism Chapter 4. Modernizing Rhetoric: Recuperation and Response New Rhetorics A Modernist Contest of Faculties Chapter 5. Inquiry Possibilities Conclusion: Using Possibilities Notes Index Review "In Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity, Nancy Struever shapes over a decade of methodological reflection on Hobbes, Vico, Peirce, and Heidegger into a bold historical argument that will find resonance with anyone interested in the limits of philosophy and our most basic modes of being. When I am asked to recommend the best new books in the history and theory of rhetoric, I will now name this one first." - Daniel M. Gross, University of California, Irvine" Review Quote "In this brilliant and provocative essay, Nancy Struever revisits the quarrel between rhetoric and philosophy and argues that rhetoric is uniquely able to deal with the realm of possibilitythe civic or political realm in which actions take place. Struever argues for the neglected modernity of early modernists such as Hobbes and Vico against the classical philosophical and Enlightenment paradigms, for which rhetoric lacks explanatory power. Hobbes and Vico secede from classical philosophical paradigms by virtue of their focus on modality and possibility rather than truth and necessity. Their insights find a modern equivalent in the work of Walter Benjamin, whose investigations into modernity are guided not by philosophy but by a rhetoric that is political at its core. Ranging widely from Aristotle and Cicero to Hegel, Hintikka, Pierce, and Williams, Struever challenges us to rethink the history of philosophy as well as rhetoric, and their relation to our own postmodern moment."Victoria Kahn, University of California, Berkeley Details ISBN0226777480 Short Title RHETORIC MODALITY MODERNITY Publisher University of Chicago Press Language English ISBN-10 0226777480 ISBN-13 9780226777481 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 190 Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-11-30 Imprint University of Chicago Press Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Pages 158 Author Nancy S. Professor Struever Audience Professional and Scholarly AU Release Date 2009-11-01 NZ Release Date 2009-11-01 US Release Date 2009-11-01 UK Release Date 2009-11-01 We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENTPeace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:136281192; , Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], ISBN-13: 9780226777481, EAN: 9780226777481, Publication Year: 2009, Format: Hardcover, Language: English, Book Title: Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity, Item Height: 229mm, Topic: Literature, Popular Philosophy, Item Width: 152mm, Number of Pages: 176 Pages, T.H.E. University of Chicago Press<

ISBN: 9780226777481

Since antiquity, philosophy and rhetoric have traditionally been cast as rivals, with the former often lauded as a search for logical truth and the latter usually disparaged as empty spee… More...

Since antiquity, philosophy and rhetoric have traditionally been cast as rivals, with the former often lauded as a search for logical truth and the latter usually disparaged as empty speech. But in this erudite intellectual history, Nancy S. Struever stakes out a claim for rhetoric as the more productive form of inquiry. Struever views rhetoric through the lens of modality, arguing that rhetoricâ??s guiding interest in what is possibleâ??as opposed to philosophyâ??s concern with what is necessaryâ??makes it an ideal tool for understanding politics. Innovative readings of Hobbes and Vico allow her to reexamine rhetoricâ??s role in the history of modernity and to make fascinating connections between thinkers from the classical, early modern, and modern periods. From there she turns to Walter Benjamin, reclaiming him as an exemplar of modernist rhetoric and a central figure in the long history of the form. Persuasive and perceptive, Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity is a novel rewriting of the history of rhetoric and a heady examination of the motives, issues, and flaws of contemporary inquiry. | Rhetoric Modality Modernity Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books, University of Chicago Press<

ISBN: 9780226777481

Since antiquity, philosophy and rhetoric have traditionally been cast as rivals, with the former often lauded as a search for logical truth and the latter usually disparaged as empty spee… More...

Since antiquity, philosophy and rhetoric have traditionally been cast as rivals, with the former often lauded as a search for logical truth and the latter usually disparaged as empty speech. But in this erudite intellectual history, Nancy S. Struever stakes out a claim for rhetoric as the more productive form of inquiry. Struever views rhetoric through the lens of modality, arguing that rhetoric’s guiding interest in what is possible—as opposed to philosophy’s concern with what is necessary—makes it an ideal tool for understanding politics. Innovative readings of Hobbes and Vico allow her to reexamine rhetoric’s role in the history of modernity and to make fascinating connections between thinkers from the classical, early modern, and modern periods. From there she turns to Walter Benjamin, reclaiming him as an exemplar of modernist rhetoric and a central figure in the long history of the form. Persuasive and perceptive, Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity is a novel rewriting of the history of rhetoric and a heady examination of the motives, issues, and flaws of contemporary inquiry. | Rhetoric Modality Modernity Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books, University of Chicago Press<

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University of Chicago Press, Hardcover, Auflage: 1, 168 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-11-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: unknown, 0.37 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1711036, Rhetoric, W… More...

University of Chicago Press, Hardcover, Auflage: 1, 168 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-11-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: unknown, 0.37 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1711036, Rhetoric, Words, Language & Grammar, Reference, Subjects, Books, History & Surveys, Philosophy, Politics & Social Sciences, Humanities, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, Specialty Boutique, University of Chicago Press, 2009<