Rhetoric and Politics - Baltasar Gracian and the New World Order

Considers current events through an examination of this seventeenth-century philosopher.In recent years there has been a revival of interest in the writings of Baltasar Gracian, a seventeenth-century Spanish Jesuit who explored the political uses of rhetoric. Gracian is best known in the United States for his bestselling collection of aphorisms entitled The Art of Worldly Wisdom.The essays in this volume focus on the relevance of Gracian's writings in our own day, when the importance of rhetoric as a discipline necessary to manage public life is indisputable. Wide-ranging in focus, these essays demonstrate that Gracian's work offers insights into the deployment of rhetoric under the "New World Order".

Summary

Baltasar Gracian, a 17th-century Spanish Jesuit writer, explored the political uses of rhetoric. The essays in this volume focus on the relevance of Gracian in the late-20th century, arguing that the so-called "new world order" is an old idea, stretching back to the sophists of ancient Greece.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Spadaccini, Nicholas Talens Spadaccini, SPADACCINI NICHOLAS TALENS JENARO
• Assisted by: Nicholas Spadaccini (Editor), Jenaro Talens (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.1997
• EAN: 9780816629114
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-2911-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Hispanic Issues (Univ of Minne; Institute for Adminstrative Officers of; Institute for Adminstrative Officers of; Institute for Adminstrative Officers of Higher Ins
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works