Political Style - The Artistry of Power

AcknowledgmentsCh. 1: IntroductionCh. 2: No Superficial Attractions and Ornaments: The Invention of Modernity in Machiavelli's Realist StyleCh. 3: No One Is in Charge Here: Ryszard Kapuscinski's Anatomy of the Courtly StyleCh. 4: In Oratory as in Life: Civic Performance in Cicero's Republican StyleCh. 5: A Boarder in One's Own Home: Franz Kafka's Parables of the Bureaucratic StyleCh. 6: ConclusionNotesIndex

Summary

This study analyzes four dominant political styles: realist; courtly; republican; and bureaucratic. It examines political artistry in figures from antiquity to the modern day, and discusses the problems faced by each style, as well as the social and moral consequences of each style's success.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Hariman, Hariman Robert
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1995
• EAN: 9780226316307
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31630-7
• No. of pages: 267
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 425 g
• Series: New Practices of Inquiry (Pape
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Political structure & processes, Language learning: speaking skills, Speaking / pronunciation skills, Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Speech & Pronunciation, Political structure and processes