The Conversational Enlightenment: The Reconception of Rhetoric in Eighteenth-Century Thought

David Randall

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2019

The Conversational Enlightenment

The Reconception of Rhetoric in Eighteenth-Century Thought

David Randall

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474448680

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The ever-widening application of conversational style created a conversational Enlightenment

The Conversational Enlightenment traces the spread of the concept of conversation during the Enlightenment, including the project of politeness, the fine arts, philosophy and public opinion. The book narrates this triumph of conversational style and thought partly as a succession to the oratorical rhetoric that characterised the Renaissance and partly as the victory of the only mode of speech that recognised women as women, and not as imitation men. It also rewrites Jürgen Habermas’ history of the public sphere as the history of rational conversation.

Key Features:

The first book-length intellectual history of Enlightenment conversation in English
Synthesises a great deal of Enlightenment intellectual history within the frameworks of rhetoric and conversation
Puts women’s speech at the heart of the history of Enlightenment rhetoric
Fuses Habermas’ historical-theoretical framework to the history of rhetoric, revising both

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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 The Society and Culture of Conversation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 2 The Oratorical Arts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Chapter 3 The Conversational Arts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Chapter 4 The Philosophy of Conversation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Keywords: Literary Studies

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Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474448680