Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity by Nancy S. Struever
By Nancy S. Struever
Since antiquity, philosophy and rhetoric have ordinarily been forged as competitors, with the previous frequently lauded as a look for logical fact and the latter frequently disparaged as empty speech. yet during this erudite highbrow background, Nancy S. Struever stakes out a declare for rhetoric because the extra effective type of inquiry.
Struever perspectives rhetoric during the lens of modality, arguing that rhetoric’s guiding curiosity in what's possible—as against philosophy’s crisis with what's necessary—makes it an incredible instrument for knowing politics. cutting edge readings of Hobbes and Vico permit her to reexamine rhetoric’s function within the background of modernity and to make interesting connections among thinkers from the classical, early smooth, and glossy sessions. From there she turns to Walter Benjamin, reclaiming him as an exemplar of modernist rhetoric and a crucial determine within the lengthy heritage of the shape. Persuasive and perceptive, Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity is a unique rewriting of the background of rhetoric and a heady exam of the causes, matters, and flaws of up to date inquiry.
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