Description: Haskins terms Isocrates' approach to discourse constitutiveand Aristotle's instrumentaland shows how the former is more congenial to the goals of contemporary rhetorical theory and pedagogy.
Brief description: Ekaterina V. Haskins is an associate professor in the Department of Language, Literature, and Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Her research on classical and contemporary rhetoric has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, the Rhetoric Society Quarterly, the Journal of Communication Inquiry, Philosophy and Rhetoric, History and Memory, Space and Culture, and in a number of edited collections.
Review Quotes:
Haskins' elegant and original book will reward readers with insight into the relation between Isocrates and Aristotle, and into the political and pedagogical implications of their positions. It is a great step forward for the Isocratean revival.
-- "Rhetoric Society Quarterly"