- Tytuł:
- Rhetoric: a Theory of Political Lie or the Essence of Politics? Reflections on the Thought of the Sophists, Hannah Arendt, and Jacques Derrida
- Autorzy:
- Mielczarski, Cyprian
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/450153.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2018
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów
- Tematy:
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rhetoric
the sophists
relativism
political deception
totalitarianism - Opis:
- This paper offers an outline of practical and theoretical relations between truth and rhetoric. A point of departure for considerations to follow are philosophical theories of the sophists, Plato, and Aristotle as well as modern commentators of political rhetoric. I argue that the predominantly rhetorical nature of contemporary culture is inextricably bound up with the controversial issue of political deception, its definition and function. I refer to the theories of Hannah Arendt and Jacques Derrida pertaining to the following issues: a relation between acting and lying, mass deception, and self–deception in totalitarian states. I further propose that classical ethics developing from Plato, Aristotle and Kant fails as a basis for the analysis of political and social processes in democratic societies. Key to grasping these processes is rhetoric – as an art of persuasion – which has nothing to do with the traditional true–false dichotomy.
- Źródło:
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Organon; 2018, 50; 147-163
0078-6500 - Pojawia się w:
- Organon
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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