Homo Politicusand Argument (Nearly) All the Way Down
Persuasion in Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6320176 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neta C Crawford (0000-0002-8387-5798, Boston University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-124 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1537592709090136 |
| OpenAlex | W1972700934 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 49 |
Much theorizing about world politics and many policy recommendations are predicated on a rather thin view ofhomo politicus,often assuming that humans are rational and self-interested strategic actors and that force is theultima ratioof politics. This thin notion should be replaced by a richer understanding ofhomo politicusthat includes the characteristic activities of political actors: we fight, we feel, we talk, and we build institutions. This understanding helps illuminate the scope and limits of strategic action, argument and persuasion in world politics in both empirical and normative senses. I describe the spectrum of political action that situates the role of argument and persuasion within the extremes of brute force on one side and mutual communication on the other. I also discuss barriers to argument and communication. Noting the role of argument in this spectrum of international and domestic political practice suggests that it is argument (nearly) all the way down and that the scope of argument can be and in some cases has increased over thelongue durée.Coercion, by itself, has a limited role in world politics. The claim that there are distinctive logics of argumentation, strategic action, or appropriateness misses the point. Argument is the glue of politics—its characteristic practice. Understanding politics as argumentation has radical empirical and normative implications for the study and practice of politics
Action (physics · Argument (complex analysis · Argumentation theory · Coercion (linguistics · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Normative · Persuasion · Political communication · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,73 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |