From Humanism to Hobbes : Studies in Rhetoric and Politics
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1107569362
ISBN-13
9781107569362
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
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GB
Publication Date
Jan 25th, 2018
Print length
444 Pages
Weight
716 grams
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15.60 x 22.80 x 2.00 cms
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Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900Political science & theory
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By focusing on the role of rhetoric in the writings of Machiavelli, Shakespeare and Thomas Hobbes, Quentin Skinner offers new insights into many of their major works. This important volume will be of particular interest to students and teachers of early modern history and literature.
The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare''s The Merchant of Venice, while two others concentrate on the technique of rhetorical redescription, pointing to its use in Machiavelli''s The Prince as well as in several of Shakespeare''s plays, notably Coriolanus. The second half of the book examines the humanist background to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. A major new essay discusses his typically humanist preoccupation with the visual presentation of his political ideas, while other chapters explore the rhetorical sources of his theory of persons and personation, thereby offering new insights into his views about citizenship, political representation, rights and obligations and the concept of the state.
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