{"product_id":"speaking-for-the-polis-takis-poulakos-9781570037931","title":"Speaking for the Polis: Isocrates' Rhetorical Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revaluing of rhetoric in the educational model of the father of humanistic studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeaking for the Polis\u003c\/i\u003e considers Isocrates' educational program from the perspective of rhetorical theory and explores its relation to sociopolitical practices. Illumining Isocrates' efforts to reformulate sophistic conceptions of rhetoric on the basis of the intellectual and political debates of his times, Takis Poulakos contends that the father of humanistic studies and rival educator of Plato crafted a version of rhetoric that gave the art an important new role in the ethical and political activities of Athens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoulakos demonstrates how Isocrates adopted, transformed, and put to new tasks Protagorean and Gorgianic notions of rhetoric and how he used rhetoric to resolve tensions between political equality and social inequality. Poulakos suggests that Isocrates' rhetorical endeavors gained stability through narratives of values and shared commitments, credence through seasoned arguments about plausible solutions to political discord, and weight through the convergence of the speaker's words and quality of character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Takis Poulakos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570037930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570037931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Takis Poulakos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939690381567,"sku":"9781570037931","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b6e7c259-dd56-438d-9c81-71412c1c5f31.jpg?v=1681442946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speaking-for-the-polis-takis-poulakos-9781570037931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}