The Art of Arguing in the World of Renaissance Humanism

Beschreibung

Neuware - Strategies and characteristics of scournful criticism and fierce debate in the Humanist traditionRenaissance humanists were often engaged in a wide variety of polemics, ranging from matter-of-fact debate to scathing invective. The programmatic nature of Renaissance humanism, intent on a fundamental reform of language, education, and society at large, led the humanists almost inevitably to conflicts with those who represented other intellectual traditions, first and foremost the Scholastics. In addition, internal competition among humanists sparked violent quarrels, in which opponents walked a thin line between defensive self-preservation and aggressive self-promotion. In the 16th century, the practice of dispute was partly reshaped by new national and confessional divides; the intensification of controversy also prompted a more conscious reflection on the potential and limits of polemical exchange. This volume sheds light on the characteristics and strategies of the humanist art of arguing through a series of case studies from representative areas. The contributors intend to show how humanists constantly remodelled the art of arguing by exploiting in ever new ways the Classical rhetoric of blame and thus paved the way for the early modern culture of dispute.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

The Art of Arguing in the World of Renaissance Humanism

Verlag

Leuven University Press Dez 2013

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

9058679632

ISBN-13

9789058679635

Einband

Taschenbuch

Zustand

Neu

Abmessungen

239B x 160 H x 0 T Millimeter Breite: 239 mm, Höhe: 160 mm, Tiefe: 0 mm

Gewicht

454 Gramm

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