Saving Persuasion : A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment / Bryan Garsten.

9780674037519

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]

©2009

English

In English.

1 online resource (290 p.)

10.4159/9780674037519 doi

P301.5.P47 G37 2009eb

320.014

In Saving Persuasion, Bryan Garsten uncovers the early modern origins of today's suspicious attitude toward rhetoric and seeks to loosen its grip on contemporary political theory. He argues that the artful practice of persuasion ought to be viewed as a crucial part of democratic politics. Against theorists who advocate a rationalized ideal of deliberation aimed at consensus, Garsten argues that a controversial politics of partiality and passion can produce a more engaged and more deliberative kind of democratic discourse.

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