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Original Sin And The Power Of Narrative In Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor
Original Sin And The Power Of Narrative In Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article illustrates how the intent of a political community to demand sinless behavior in its leaders can sow the seeds for that community's demise.
Collapsing The Philosophy/Rhetoric Disjunct: Nietzsche, Plato And The Perspectival Turn, Ned Vankevich
Collapsing The Philosophy/Rhetoric Disjunct: Nietzsche, Plato And The Perspectival Turn, Ned Vankevich
Institute for the Humanities Theses
Often overlooked within the standard views of academe lie hidden a number of tacit assumptions. Until the time of Nietzsche, the status of rhetoric as a discourse formation in Western intellectual history was often colored by the unflattering view generated by Plato in a number of his dialogues. In this thesis I present a case that revisits Plato and Nietzsche with an eye toward understanding the reasons why these two highly influential figures in contemporary philosophy adopt the views they advocate. In doing so, I attempt to illumine the reason Plato forms a fundamental split between philosophy and rhetoric and …