Loving the world appropriately : persuasion and the transformation of subjectivity /

Loving the world appropriately : persuasion and the transformation of subjectivity /

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Author / Creator:	Kastely, James L., 1947- author.
Imprint:	Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2022. ©2022
Description:	xiii, 248 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Persuasion (Rhetoric) Rhetoric -- Philosophy. Subjectivity. Dust jackets (Binding)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12798892

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ISBN:	9780226822105 0226822109 9780226822112
Provenance:	Binding: Includes dust jacket.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"What is persuasion? For some, it should be thought of primarily as an alternative to violence. For others, persuasion is less an ethical practice and more a neutral instrumentality-a valued source of soft power. Whichever position seems more appealing, they both rest on a fundamental belief: persuasion is a power residing in an individual speaker who acts on an audience. But what if we question this basic understanding of persuasion? What if we shift the focus and ask a different-and in some ways more fundamental-question: why does an audience stand in need of persuasion? This is the question that animates Loving the World Appropriately. In turning the question around, James Kastely delivers an original and provocative contribution to the history of rhetoric and philosophy, one that moves persuasion away from being a matter of effective communication and recasts it as an important philosophical concern tied up with fundamental notions of human subjectivity. Ultimately, Kastely insists, the purpose of persuasion is to enable us to love the world appropriately"--

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Summary:	A revolutionary approach to rhetoric that asks why audiences need persuading. <br> <br> What is persuasion? For some, it is the ideal alternative to violence. For others, persuasion is simply a neutral instrumentality--a valued source of soft power. Both positions rest on a fundamental belief: persuasion is a power that resides in a speaker acting on an audience. Loving the World Appropriately asks a different, more fundamental, question: why does an audience need persuasion? In shifting our focus, James Kastely delivers a provocative new history of rhetoric and philosophy, one that describes rhetoric as more than a matter of effective communication and recasts persuasion as a philosophical concern central to notions of human subjectivity. Ultimately, Kastely insists, persuasion enables us to love the world appropriately.
Physical Description:	xiii, 248 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780226822105 0226822109 9780226822112