200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Rhetoric is the art of speech and persuasion, the study of argument and, in Classical times, an essential component in the education of the citizen. For rhetoricians, politics is a skill to be performed and not merely observed. Yet in modern democracies we often suspect political speech of malign intent and remain uncertain how properly to interpret and evaluate it. Public arguments are easily... Read more
1. The Power of Persuasion 2. The Truth of Rhetoric 3. The Rhetorical Citizen 4. Techniques I. Discovery and Arrangement 5. Techniques II. Style and Delivery 6. Rhetorical Political Analysis 7. Democracy, Rhetoric and the Emotions 8. Media Rhetoric: Speaking for the Public 9. Embodied Speech: Rhetoric and the Politics of Gender
Biography
James Martin is Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy at Goldsmiths, University of London.
