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; this style infuses...
In this book, Robert Hariman demonstrates how matters of style of diction, manners, sensibility, decor, and charisma influence politics. In critic...
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; this...
In this book, Robert Hariman demonstrates how matters of style-of diction, manners, sensibility, decor, and charisma-influence politics. In criti...
Realizing that a world remade by techno-science and global capital stands in great need of practical wisdom as an antidote to various forms of modern hubris, scholars across the human sciences have taken a renewed interest in exploring how the classical virtue of prudence can be reformulated as a guide for postmodern practice.
This volume brings together scholars in classics, political philosophy, and rhetoric to analyze prudence as a distinctive and vital form of political intelligence. Through case studies from each of the major periods in the history of prudence, the authors...
Realizing that a world remade by techno-science and global capital stands in great need of practical wisdom as an antidote to various forms of mode...
Contemporary scholarship illustrates the law s increasingly powerful role in American life; legal education, in turn, has focused on the problems and techniques of communication.This book addresses these interests through critical study of eight popular trials: the 17th-century trial of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, and the 20th-century trials of Scopes, the Rosenbergs, the Chicago Seven, the Catonsville Nine, John Hinckley, Claus von Bulow, and San Diego Mayor Larry Hedgecock.Such trials spark major public debates, become symbols of public life, and legitimize particular beliefs and...
Contemporary scholarship illustrates the law s increasingly powerful role in American life; legal education, in turn, has focused on the problems a...
Understanding Photojournalism explores the interface between theory and practice at the heart of photojournalism, mapping out the critical questions that photojournalists and picture editors consider in their daily practice and placing these in context.
Outlining the history and theory of photojournalism, this textbook explains its historical and contemporary development; who creates, selects and circulates images; and the ethics, aesthetics and politics of the practice. Carefully chosen, international case studies represent a cross section of key photographers, practices...
Understanding Photojournalism explores the interface between theory and practice at the heart of photojournalism, mapping out the critical q...
Even as the media environment has changed dramatically in recent years, one thing at least remains true: photographs are everywhere. From professional news photos to smartphone selfies, images have become part of the fabric of modern life. And that may be the problem. Even as photography bears witness, it provokes anxieties about fraudulent representation; even as it evokes compassion, it prompts anxieties about excessive exposure. Parents and pundits alike worry about the unprecedented media saturation that transforms society into an image world. And yet a great news photo can still stop us...
Even as the media environment has changed dramatically in recent years, one thing at least remains true: photographs are everywhere. From professional...
