Title The rhetoric of identity in Isocrates : text, power, pedagogy / Yun Lee Too

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) Series Cambridge classical studies Cambridge classical studies. Contents 1. Isocrates and logos politikos -- 2. The unities of discourse -- 3. The politics of the small voice -- 4. Isocrates in his own write -- 5. The pedagogical contract -- 6. The politics of discipleship -- Appendix 1: Isocrates and Gorgias -- Appendix 2: Concerning the Chariot-team Summary The rhetoric of identity in Isocrates offers a sustained interpretation of the Isocratean corpus, showing that rhetoric is a language which the author uses to create a political identity for himself in fourth-century Athens. Dr Too examines how Isocrates' discourse addresses anxieties surrounding the written word in a democratic culture which values the spoken word as the privileged means of political expression. Isocrates makes written culture the basis for a revisionary Athenian politics and of a rhetoric of Athenian hegemony. In addition, Isocrates takes issue with the popular image of the professional teacher in the age of the sophist, combating the negative stereotype of the greedy sophist who corrupts the city's youth in his portrait of himself as a teacher of rhetoric. He daringly reinterprets the pedagogue as a figure who produces a discourse which articulates political authority This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to ancient rhetoric and should appeal to people with interests in the fields of classics, history, the history of political thought, literature, literary theory, philosophy and education. All passages in Greek and Latin have been translated to ensure accessibility to non-classicists Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and indexes Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Isocrates -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Isocrates fast Isocrate, (0435?-0338 av. J.-C.) -- Critique et interprétation. ram Isocrates. swd Subject Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek -- History and criticism Political oratory -- Greece -- Athens Rhetoric, Ancient. Oratory, Ancient. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical. Oratory, Ancient Political oratory Politics and government Rhetoric, Ancient Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek Rhetorik Redes. Rhétorique antique. Discours grecs -- Histoire et critique. Éloquence politique -- Grèce -- Athènes (Grèce) Athènes (Grèce) -- Politique et gouvernement. Art oratoire. Discours -- Grèce -- Histoire et critique. SUBJECT Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government Subject Greece -- Athens Athènes (Grèce) -- Politique et gouvernement. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781107720084 1107720087

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