The Theory, History, and Practice of Parrhesia

The Rhetoric of Resistance
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-65694-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

This book examines the theory, history, and practice of parrhesia—the act of speaking truth to power, when doing so is risky for the rhetor—and argues for a networked rhetorical approach to parrhesia that has not been considered previously by any other theorist. The goal of this book is to offer a reader-friendly explanation of this networked rhetorical approach to parrhesia, provide a genealogical account of the origins of parrhesia in the Classical age, and to show how parrhesia manifests today.   is meant to give readers a functional manual for understanding, recognizing, analyzing, articulating, and using parrhesia.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frey, Renea

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: What to Expect and Why.- PART I: A RHETORICAL THEORY OF PARRHESIA.- Chapter 2: What’s in a Word? Parrhesia, Rhetoric, and Discursive Fields of Meaning.- Chapter 3: A Word with a Mission: How Parrhesia Moves and Reproduces.- Chapter 4: A Networked Rhetorical Theory of Parrhesia: Putting It All Together.- PART II: THE HISTORY OF PARRHESIA.- Chapter 5: Historicizing Parrhesia: Athenian Democracy and Philosophy.- Chapter 6: Beyond Athens: Parrhesia and the Roman Republic.- Chapter 7: Parrhesia and Autocracy: Roman Empire and Early Christian Eras.- PART III: THE PRACTICE OF PARRHESIA.- Chapter 8: Problems and Interrogation: Parrhesia, Truth, and Ideology.- Chapter 9: Case Studies in Parrhesia.- Chapter 10: The Courage to Speak and to Listen.

Über Autor(innen)

Renea Frey is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and  Writing Program Director at Xavier University (Ohio, USA).