{"product_id":"rhetoric-and-politics-9780816629114","title":"Rhetoric And Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaltasar 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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\".","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405941055831,"sku":"9780816629114","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816629114.jpg?v=1730493978","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rhetoric-and-politics-9780816629114","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}