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 endeavor 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.
Keynote
Speakers:Bryan Garsten (Yale University), Benedetto Fontana (Baruch
College, CUNY), Marco Geuna (University of Milan), James Martin
(Goldsmiths, University of London), Javier Roiz (Complutense
University of Madrid), Eugene Garver (St. John's University), Kari
Palonen (University of Jyväskylä)
Participants:Salvatore
di Piazza (University
of Palermo), Francesca
Piazza (University
of Palermo), Mauro
Serra (University
of Salerno), James David
Hodgson (University
of York), Lisa
S. Villadsen and Christian
Kock (University
of Copenhagen), Katia
A. Lima (University
of Sherbrooke), Andreas
Hetzel (University
of Darmstadt), Annika
Thiem (Villanova
University), Sophia
Hatzisavvidou (Goldsmiths,
University of London), Maria
Paula Lago (CEHUM), Nomi
Claire Lazar (University
of Ottawa), Marko
Stamenkovic (Ghent
University), Marina
Lacroix (independent scholar)
and Thomas
van Neerbos (University
of Amsterdam), Erik
De Bom (KU
Leuven), Olivia
Leboyer (IEP
Paris), Stuart
Ingham (University
of Exeter), Daniel
Blanch (CIDEFA
Intercultural Research Centre), Francisco
Corrales (independent
scholar), Russell
Bentley (Southampton
University), Larissa
M. Atkison (University
of Toronto), David
Erland Isaksen (Texas
Christian University), Henry
Kelly (Trinity
College Dublin), Steven
Leddin (University
of Limerick), Ozgur
Emrah Gurel (University
of Amsterdam), Juan
Luis Conde (Complutense
University of Madrid), Jesús
Tovar (Autonomous
University of Mexico State) and Carlos
Moreira (Autonomous
University of Baja California), Jorge
Loza-Balparda (Complutense
University of Madrid), Chris
Tallent (Brown
University), Geoff
Bright, John Schostak (Manchester
Metropolitan University) and Jill
Schostak (independent
scholar), Jonas
Van Vossole (CES
Coimbra / Ghent University), David
Marshall (University
of Pittsburgh), Neil
Foxlee (University
of Central Lancashire), Samuel
Hayat (University
Paris 8 / CRESPPACSU), Simon
Lambek (University
of Toronto), Daniel
Schut (University
of Amsterdam), Arnaldo
M. A. Gonçalves (Portuguese
Catholic University), José
A. Colen (CEHUM), Attila
Gyulai (Hungarian
Academy of Sciences), Keith
Topper (University
of California, Irvine), Matthew
Hoye (European
University Institute), Don
Paul Abbott (University
of California, Davis), Neofytos
Aspriadis (University
of Piraeus), Athanassios
N. Samaras and Dogani
Myrsini (University
of Piraeus), Alexandru
I. Cârlan and Alexandra
Zaharia (National
University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest)
CEHUM
– Grupo de Teoria Politica, University of Minho
Braga,
Portugal
June
21-22, 2013
