Boccaccio’s The Decameron: Telling, Appreciating and Examining Stories Told from Multiple Perspectives as a Basis for Political Community

• In Event: Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Community

Brief Overview

Boccaccio’s Decameron explores the basis of political community. His tales point to the desirability of founding political communities not upon shared religion but upon telling and examining stories told from multiple perspectives.

Author

• Daryl Koehn, DePaul University