In today's increasingly polarized political landscape it seems that
fewer and fewer citizens hold out hope of persuading one another.
Even among those who have not given up on persuasion, few will
admit to practicing the art of persuasion known as rhetoric. To
describe political speech as "rhetoric" today is to accuse it of
being superficial or manipulative. In "Saving Persuasion," Bryan
Garsten uncovers the early modern origins of this suspicious
attitude toward rhetoric and seeks to loosen its grip on
contemporary political theory. Revealing how deeply concerns about
rhetorical speech shaped both ancient and modern political thought,
he argues that the artful practice of persuasion ought to be viewed
as a crucial part of democratic politics. He provocatively suggests
that the aspects of rhetoric that seem most dangerous--the appeals
to emotion, religious values, and the concrete commitments and
identities of particular communities--are also those which can draw
out citizens' capacity for good judgment. 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.
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