(Epideictic eloquence and a dialog in Russian culture)
3–5 апреля 2020 Cambridge
Introduction
It is no coincidence that the theory of «dialogism» by Mikhail Bakhtin was created on Russian soil. For a long time Russian culture suffered from underdeveloped dialog, while epideictic eloquence has flourished since eleventh century. A high culture of preaching was combined with a low culture of judicial and deliberative rhetoric. A church word and state word looked beautiful and respected. The expression of private interest looked ugly and aroused suspicion. The situation may be critical for the development of democratic institutions. The imbalance of non-polemical and polemical speeches served as brake for introduction of democratic institutions.
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