Taming democracy: models of political rhetoric in classical athens
Auteur :
Yunis, Harvey
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780801483585
Date de publication :
18 janv. 1996
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
907 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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...