Rhetoric is the art of speech and persuasion, the study of argument and, in Classical times,
an essential component in the education of the citizen. For rhetoricians, politics is a skill to …

If study of past and present political rhetoric merely commits us to consider bombastic
language, sophistic word tricks, and deceptive speech, we should abandon this subject to …

This indispensable text brings together important essays on the themes, issues, and
controversies that have shaped the development of rhetorical theory since the late 1960s …

Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as
something negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the'art of persuasion', it …

The discipline of rhetoric-adapted through a wide range of reformulations to the specific
requirements of Greek, Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance societies-dominated European …

For a long time, the analysis of political rhetoric has merely been carried out as a side job
both on the part of political scientists interested in issues of language and on the part of …

'Nothing is more interesting than politics'. This does not seem to be a popular claim today, as
'politics' rather has a bad reputation and 'populism'is on the rise. In the present volume we …

Persuasion is vital to the practice of democratic leadership, making speech and
communication of fundamental importance. Yet, democratic citizens habitually suspect …

Opening with an overview of the renewal of interest in rhetoric for inquiries of all kinds, this
volume addresses rhetoric in individual disciplines-mathematics, anthropology, psychology …

A Companion to Rhetoric offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of rhetorical
studies and of the practice of rhetorical theory and criticism across a range of disciplines …