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The Noble and the Base: Epideictic Rhetoric and the Character of Regimes
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This dissertation seeks to understand the role of epideictic rhetoric in American liberal democracy. Using Aristotle’s theory of the epideictic, I examine epideictic speeches given during times of crisis and in times of relative peace fortifying American ends. I demonstrate the significant political contributions of epideictic speeches and poetry. I end with a poetic demonstration of the limits of rhetoric.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Political Science, PhD
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Restricted to Claremont Colleges Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- School of Social Science, Politics, and Evaluation
- Year dc:date.available
- 2022
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Castaneda, Rebeca
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- James H. Nichols
- Christopher Nadon
Subjects
dc:subject × 4Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/495
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1526