Description
Considers current events through an examination of this seventeenth-century philosopher.
In recent years there has been a revival of interest in the writings of Baltasar Gracian, a seventeenth-century Spanish Jesuit who explored the political uses of rhetoric. Gracian is best known in the United States for his bestselling collection of aphorisms entitled The Art of Worldly Wisdom, but his pragmatic philosophy has been influential in Europe since the mid-seventeenth century.
The essays in this volume focus on the relevance of Gracian's writings in our own day, when the importance of rhetoric as a discipline necessary to manage public life is indisputable. Ranging in focus and theoretical perspective from Lacanian psychoanalysis to the sociology of everyday life, from considerations of aesthetics and philosophy to examinations of the culture of the baroque, these essays demonstrate that Gracian's work offers insights into the deployment of rhetoric under the "New World Order." Contributors: Luis F. Aviles, U of Massachusetts, Amherst; Anthony J. Cascardi, U of California, Berkeley; David Castillo, U of Minnesota; Jorge Checa, U of California, Santa Barbara; William Egginton, Stanford U; Alban K. Forcione, Princeton U; Edward H. Friedman, Indiana U; Carlos Hernandez-Sacristan, U of Valencia, Spain; Isabel C. Livosky, Knox College; Michael Nerlich, Technische Universitat, Berlin; Oscar Pereira, U of Nebraska; Malcolm K. Read, SUNY, Stony Brook; Francisco J. Sanchez, U of Iowa.About the Author
Nicholas Spadaccini is professor of Spanish and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. Jenaro Talens is professor of literary theory and film at the University of Valencia, Spain. Together they coauthored Through the Shattering Glass: Cervantes and the Self-Made World (Minnesota, 1993).
Book Information
ISBN 9780816629114
Author Nicholas Spadaccini
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 149mm * 23mm
