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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.

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The practice of worldly wisdom; re-reading Gracian and the New World Order. Part 1 The politics of modernity: at the threshold of modernity; Gracian's criticon; Alban K. Forcione; image and Gracian's prototype; Isabel C. Livosky. Part 2 Subjectivities: saving appearances - language and commodification in Baltasar Gracian; surviving the field of vision; the building of a subject in Gracian's "El Criticon".

Rhetoric And Politics

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/07/1997
      ISBN13: 9780816629114, 978-0816629114
      ISBN10: 0816629110

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      The practice of worldly wisdom; re-reading Gracian and the New World Order. Part 1 The politics of modernity: at the threshold of modernity; Gracian's criticon; Alban K. Forcione; image and Gracian's prototype; Isabel C. Livosky. Part 2 Subjectivities: saving appearances - language and commodification in Baltasar Gracian; surviving the field of vision; the building of a subject in Gracian's "El Criticon".

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