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Taming Democracy - Models of Political Rhetoric in Classical Athens (Paperback, New)
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Taming Democracy - Models of Political Rhetoric in Classical Athens (Paperback, New)
Series: Rhetoric and Society
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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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