Genres in Dialogue (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521482646)

In this very original study, the author investigates how Plato "invented" the discipline of philosophy. In order to define and legitimize philosophy, Dr. Nightingale maintains, Plato had to match it against genres of discourse that had authority and currency in democratic Athens. By incorporating traditional genres of poetry and rhetoric into his dialogues, Plato marks the boundaries of philosophy as a discursive and as a social practice.

Author: Andrea Wilson Nightingale
ISBN-10: 052148264X
ISBN-13: 9780521482646
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/14/1995
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.17h x 6.16w x 0.80d