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Language and Politics in Aristotle: -Focusing on Interpreting On Rhetoric-

Wonpyo Hong 1

1한국외국어대학교

Candidate

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The rhetoric contributes to improving the political status of the political animal as zoon logon echon. As Aristotle had contributed to negate the negative image of the rhetoric as the operative speaking, On Rhetoric provided the basis of realizing rhetorical politics in the public sphere. As a part of efforts to illuminate its contemporary meanings, this paper emphasizes the following four points. First, the debate over the rhetoric has politico -ontological meanings, as regards the critique against Aristophanes and Plato, because the rhetoric really contributes toward activating the political life. Second, we can consider the importance of epistemic attitudes concerned with ethos, pathos, and logos in public speaking. Third, we can elucidate the justified coexistence between the public and the private in political life from the perspective of the ethical orientation of public speaking. Fourth, Aristotle gives us the basis to understand the characteristic of political deliberation and judgment. According to this interpretation, On Rhetoric provides various data for the theoretical articulation on the relations between language and politics. Especially, this book offers insights which contribute to understanding and realizing the rhetorical politics in our times.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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