Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece

Name: Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece
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ISBN: 9781570037924

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ISBN-13: 9781570037924

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Authors: John Poulakos

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In Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece, John Poulakos offers a new conceptualization of sophistry, explaining its direction and shape as well as the reasons why Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle found it objectionable. Poulakos argues that a proper understanding of sophistical rhetoric requires a grasp of three cultural dynamics of the fifth century B.C.: the logic of circumstances, the ethic of competition, and the aesthetic of exhibition. Traced to such phenomena as everyday practices, athletic contests, and dramatic performances, these dynamics set the stage for the role of sophistical rhetoric in Hellenic culture and explain why sophistry has traditionally been understood as…

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List price: $34.99
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Publication date: 10/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748

John Poulakos is associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Pittsburgh and coauthor of Classical Rhetorical Theory.