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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 885.01 EAN: 9781570035265 ISBN: 1570035261 Label: University of South Carolina Press Manufacturer: University of South Carolina Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 168 Publication Date: 2004-03 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press Studio: University of South Carolina Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: As one of the founding philosophers of the Western tradition, Aristotle raised many of the issues that still animate scholarly debates in the humanities. By contrast, Isocrates, despite his considerable reputation in antiquity and the Renaissance as an educator, became a marginal figure in the intellectual history of the West. In academic histories of philosophy and rhetoric, Isocrates occupies a much less illustrious place than Aristotle does. Our understanding of the very terms philosophy and rhetoric is largely indebted to the legacy of Platos Academy and Aristotles Lyceum. Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle presents Isocrates vision of discourse as a worthy rival, rather than a mere precursor, of Aristotles Rhetoric. Casting Isocrates and Aristotle as opponents in a debate over the character, resources, and ends of rhetorical education, Ekaterina V. Haskins argues that much of what Aristotle had to say about the status of rhetoric and the role of discourse in the life of a Greek city-state may have been an implicit reaction to Isocrates. The contrast between Isocrates and Aristotle is brought into sharper relief by the author's consideration of cultural, political, and intellectual contexts in which these thinkers articulated their views. On Haskinss reading, Isocrates offers a more comprehensive and culturally attuned theory of civic discourse and education than does Aristotle, whose intellectual project disengages moral philosophy from the contingencies of public culture and introduces rhetoric merely as an art serviceable to a philosophically trained statesman. Haskins terms Isocrates approach to discourse "constitutive" and Aristotles "instrumental" and shows how the former is more congenial to the goals of contemporary rhetorical theory and pedagogy. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Capacity of PersuasionI read these works for a graduate seminar on Aristotle. Definition of Rhetoric- capacity of persuasion. Plato is critical of the Rhetoric and the tragic poetry. Rhetoric is approach to political public speeches in the forum. Plato thought that they clouded the mind and thus created a part of his critique of democracy in general. Plato thinks Socrates was killed by rhetoric used by the Athenian democracy. Plato feared the danger of democracy. Poetry appeals to the base human emotions rhetoric, ... Read More Rating:  - The real rhetoricHaskins takes on the massive challenge of undermining Aristotles' overwhelming influence in contemporary rhetorical studies, and achieves most of what she sets out to do. Debunking Aristotelian thinking is tricky, since most of the underlying assumptions are so imbedded in our culture: Our minds exist apart from the rest of us. Communication takes place between discreet entities. We are transparent to ourselves. Value and fact are different categories. Etc. Haskins manages this difficulty most of the way, ... Read More 
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