Juan Luis Vives politics, rhetoric, and emotions / Kaarlo Havu.
| Author/creator | Havu, Kaarlo |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in Renaissance and early modern worlds of knowledge |
| Contents | Becoming a humanist : from Paris to Louvain (1514-1520) -- Conversation and the rhetoric of counsel (around 1520) -- Managing discord : Vives on politics (1523-1529) -- Redefining rhetoric in De disciplinis (1530-1531) -- Rhetorical decorum and the functioning of the soul (1532-1540). |
| Abstract | "By looking at rhetoric and politics, this book offers a novel account of Juan Luis Vives' intellectual oeuvre. It argues that Vives adjusted rhetorical theory to a monarchical context in which direct speech was not a possibility, demonstrated how Erasmian languages of ethical self-government and political peace were actualized rhetorically and critically in a princely environment and, finally, rethought the cognitive and emotional foundations of humanist rhetoric in his late and famous De anima et vita (1538). Ultimately, towards the end of his life, Vives epitomized a distinctively cognitive view of politics; he maintained that political concord was not a direct outcome of institutional or legal reform or of the spiritual transformation of the Christian world (an optimistic Erasmian interpretation), but that concord could only be upheld once the dynamics of emotions that motivated political action were understood and controlled through responsible rhetoric that respected decorum and civility"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021057693 |
| ISBN | 9781032146690 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032146713 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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