Political style : the artistry of power / Robert Hariman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hariman, Robert.

Series:

New practices of inquiry.

New practices of inquiry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Rhetoric.

Literary style.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Robert Hariman demonstrates how matters of style-of diction, manners, sensibility, decor, and charisma-influence politics.In critical studies of classic texts, Hariman identifies four dominant political styles. The realist style, as found in Machiavelli's The Prince, creates a world of sheer power, constant calculation, and emotional control; this style is the common sense of modern political science. The courtly style, depicted in Kapuscinski's The Emperor, is characterized by high decorousness, hierarchies, and fixation on the body of the sovereign; t

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. No Superficial Attractions and Ornaments: The Invention of Modernity in Machiavelli's Realist Style; 3. No One Is in Charge Here: Ryszard Kapuscinski's Anatomy of the Courtly Style; 4. In Oratory as in Life: Civic Performance in Cicero's Republican Style; 5. A Boarder in One's Own Home: Franz Kafka's Parables of the Bureaucratic Style; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-252) index.

ISBN:

9780226316284

0226316289

OCLC:

707067841