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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “laurent pernot”
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  • Epideictic Rhetoric

    Questioning the Stakes of Ancient Praise

    by Laurent Pernot ...
    Series series Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture
    Speeches of praise and blame constituted a form of oratory put to brilliant and creative use in the classical Greek period (fifth to fourth century BC) and the Roman imperial period (first to fourth century AD), and they have influenced public speakers through all the succeeding ages. Yet unlike the other classical genres of rhetoric, epideictic rhetoric remains something of a mystery. It was the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Rhetoric and Religion in the Twenty-First Century

    Pluralism in a Postsecular Age

    by Jonathan Alexander, Patricia Bizzell, Beth Daniell, Rasha Diab, Janice W. Fernheimer, Cinthia Gannett, Andre E. Johnson, Lisa King, Beverly J. Moss, Laurent Pernot, Patricia Roberts-Miller, Kurt Spellmeyer, Elizabeth Vander Lei, Robert P. Yagelski, Lisa Zimmerelli, TJ Geiger II, John Brereton, Ph.D ...
    Expanding the scope of religious rhetoricOver the past twenty-five years, the intersection of rhetoric and religion has become one of the most dynamic areas of inquiry in rhetoric and writing studies. One of few volumes to include multiple traditions in one conversation, Rhetoric and Religion in the Twenty-First Century engages with religious discourses and issues that continue to shape public ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • The Subtle Subtext

    Hidden Meanings in Literature and Life

    by Laurent Pernot ...
    Translated by W. E. Higgins ...
    Subtexts are all around us. In conversation, business transactions, politics, literature, philosophy, and even love, the art of expressing more than what is explicitly said allows us to live and move in the world. But rarely do we reflect on this subterranean dimension of communication.In this book, renowned classicist and scholar of rhetoric Laurent Pernot explores the fascinating world of ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

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  • On Literature

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    A wide-ranging collection of essays on the importance and meaning of literature by "one of the most influential thinkers of our time" ( Los Angeles Times).In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his long and celebrated career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of [his] passion" for the word. From musings on Ptolemy and "the force of the false" to ... Read more

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  • In Praise of Doubt

    How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic

    by Peter Berger, Anton Zijderveld ...
    In Praise of Doubt explores how to survive the political, moral, and religious challenges raised by the extreme poles of relativism and fundamentalism.In this insightful and thought-provoking book, two world-renowned social scientists, Peter L. Berger and Anton C. Zijderveld, ask and answer Big Questions, offering invaluable guidance on how to have convictions without becoming a fanatic."A book of ... Read more

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  • The Proper Study Of Mankind

    An Anthology of Essays

    by Isaiah Berlin ...
    ‘He becomes everyman’s guide to everything exciting in the history of ideas’ New York Review of BooksIsaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century, and one of the finest writers. The Proper Study Of Mankind selects some of his best essays in which his insights both illuminate the past and offer a key to the burning issues of today.The full (and enormous) range of his work ... Read more

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  • An Ethics for Today

    Finding Common Ground Between Philosophy and Religion

    by Richard Rorty, G. Elijah Dann ...
    One of the most widely discussed philosophers of the 21st century finds common ground between spiritual and secular ethics in this provocative book.As controversial and he was influential, Richard Rorty developed a brand of philosophical pragmatism that rejects all theories of truth. His groundbreaking work also dismisses modern epistemology and its preoccupation with knowledge and representation. ... Read more

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    Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750

    by Professor Jonathan I. Israel ...
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  • Ritual : Perspectives and Dimensions--Revised Edition

    Perspectives and Dimensions--Revised Edition

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  • Flourishing

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  • The Roots of Romanticism

    Second Edition

    by Isaiah Berlin ...
    Series series Bollingen Series
    A brilliant brief account of romanticism and its influence from one of the most important philosophers and intellectual historians of the twentieth centuryIn The Roots of Romanticism, one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophers dissects and assesses a movement that changed the course of history. Brilliant, fresh, immediate, and eloquent, these celebrated Mellon Lectures are a ... Read more

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