As one of the consequences \;of the lingering process of corrosion of the rationalist assumptions of the \;Enlightenment project\, in the last decades we have witnessed an attempt in \;different areas of the humanities \;to revive the central role rhetoric used to \;have in antiquity. Despite \;its \;political origins\, however\, \;the contribution of political theory to this \;important endeavour has only come of late\, as more and more theorists \;have started \;to expose the rhetorical nature of politics in multiple manners: showing how it \;can be used to offer more sophisticated accounts of public deliberation\, more \;attentive toward emotive aspects and \;contexts\; or revealing it as an important manifestation \;of practical reason\; or studying its presence in canonical thinkers and \;critical moments in the history of political thought\; or finally\, taking it as an \;inspiring \;source for a post-foundationalist emancipatory political theory. \;
\nThis variety of \;approaches testifies to the pervasiveness of the rhetorical dimensions in the \;whole realm of politics\, from action to theory. The aim of this conference is to \;bring together scholars coming from \;disciplines such as political theory\, \;philosophy\, history\, literature\, or communication\, to debate the multifaceted \;significance of rhetoric in politics and to explore new ways to incorporate a &lsquo\;rhetorical \;perspective&rsquo\; \;in the study of political thought. Our hope is that this event could \;offer an important \;moment to \;assess and foster the still \;incipient revival of rhetoric in this \;area.
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The conference will be \;organized in plenary and parallel sessions.
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Contact: \;rhetoricandpolitics2013(at)gmail.com \; \;
Conference fees
&euro\;60 \;for students (BA\, MA \;and PhD levels)
&euro\;90 for non-students
More details on the \;payment will follow \;
Organization: \;the event is organized \;by the Political Theory Group of CEHUM\, University of Minho
https://sites.google.com/site/cehumfilosofiapolitica/
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