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From Humanism to Hobbes - Studies in Rhetoric and Politics (Paperback)
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From Humanism to Hobbes - Studies in Rhetoric and Politics (Paperback)
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The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence
of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The
first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial
rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, while two others concentrate
on the technique of rhetorical redescription, pointing to its use
in Machiavelli's The Prince as well as in several of Shakespeare's
plays, notably Coriolanus. The second half of the book examines the
humanist background to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. A major new
essay discusses his typically humanist preoccupation with the
visual presentation of his political ideas, while other chapters
explore the rhetorical sources of his theory of persons and
personation, thereby offering new insights into his views about
citizenship, political representation, rights and obligations and
the concept of the state.
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