[ecrea] CFP: Rhetoric, between the theory and practice of politics

RHETORIC, BETWEEN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF POLITICS



International Conference

CEHUM, University of Minho

Braga, Portugal

June 21-22, 2013



https://sites.google.com/site/cehumfilosofiapolitica/destaques-1/upcoming-events/cfp-rhetoric-between-the-theory-and-practice-of-politics



The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars to debate the 
multifaceted significance of rhetoric in politics and to explore new 
ways to incorporate a ‘rhetorical perspective’ in the study of political 
thought. The event is organized by the Political Theory Group of CEHUM, 
University of Minho.

In order to propose a paper, an abstract of no more than 500 words 
should be sent to:

(rhetoricandpolitics2013 /at/ gmail.com)   (with “Rhetoric and Politics 2013 
Submission” in the subject line of the message).



In addition to the abstract, please include in your proposal your 
academic title, name, affiliation, and the title of your contribution.



Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 1st February 2013



Plenary speakers



Benedetto Fontana (CUNY)

Bryan Garsten (Yale University)

Eugene Garver (St. John's University)

Marco Geuna (University of Milan)

James Martin (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Kari Palonen (University of Jyväskylä)

Javier Roiz (Complutense University)



Call for papers

As one of the consequences of the lingering process of corrosion of the 
rationalist assumptions of the Enlightenment project, in the last 
decades we have witnessed an attempt in different areas of the 
humanities to revive the central role rhetoric used to have in 
antiquity. Despite its political origins, however, the contribution of 
political theory to this important endeavour has only come of late, as 
more and more theorists have started to expose the rhetorical nature of 
politics in multiple manners: showing how it can be used to offer more 
sophisticated accounts of public deliberation, more attentive toward 
emotive aspects and contexts; or revealing it as an important 
manifestation of practical reason; or studying its presence in canonical 
thinkers and critical moments in the history of political thought; or 
finally, taking it as an inspiring source for a post-foundationalist 
emancipatory political theory.

This variety of approaches testifies to the pervasiveness of the 
rhetorical dimensions in the whole realm of politics, from action to 
theory. The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars coming 
from disciplines such as political theory, philosophy, history, 
literature, or communication, to debate the multifaceted significance of 
rhetoric in politics and to explore new ways to incorporate a 
‘rhetorical perspective’ in the study of political thought. Our hope is 
that this event could offer an important moment to assess and foster the 
still incipient revival of rhetoric in this area.

The conference will be organized in plenary and parallel sessions. 
Proposals for the latter are invited on, but not limited to, topics such 
as: rhetoric and the limits of rational deliberation, rhetoric as a 
manifestation of practical reason, rhetoric and civic education, 
rhetoric and the public intellectual, rhetoric and post-foundationalist 
political theory, rhetoric and political change, rhetoric and the 
symbolic space of politics, rhetoric in canonical political thinkers and 
in the history of political thought.



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