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Conrad, & Lair, 2004) have drawn our attention to the role of communication in constituting a ran... more Conrad, & Lair, 2004) have drawn our attention to the role of communication in constituting a range of economic discourses that enable or constrain organizational actions. The dominant economic discourse in Western democracies since the mid-1970s emphasizes the power of unregulated markets to deliver prosperity.
56. JF Lee and R. Mittra,``Analysis of microwave ferrite devices by using finite element method,'... more 56. JF Lee and R. Mittra,``Analysis of microwave ferrite devices by using finite element method,''Journal of Applied Physics, pp. 5032-5034, 1991. 57. GM Wilkins, JF Lee, and R. Mittra,``Numerical modeling of axisymmetric coaxial waveguide discontinuities,''IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, pp. 1323-1328, 1991.
While accusations of" political correctness" are frequently raised against liberals, there has be... more While accusations of" political correctness" are frequently raised against liberals, there has been surprisingly little discussion of how conservatives foment the use of their own" economically correct" language. In this engaging book, James Arnt Aune examines how the rhetoric of the free market has become the everyday language of political debate in America and around the world. He illuminates the inner logic of free-market ideas, using rhetorical theory as an analytical tool.
In 1995, three University of Texas law professors announced the shocking discovery that no US pre... more In 1995, three University of Texas law professors announced the shocking discovery that no US president since Zachary Taylor has been constitutionally legitimate. Article II of the Constitution reads," No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President." Note that the phrase" at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution" is separated by a comma from the phrase preceding it.
Abstract In the form of a commentary on passages from the Torah and the Talmud about the death pe... more Abstract In the form of a commentary on passages from the Torah and the Talmud about the death penalty, this essay identifies unique characteristics of the Jewish concepts of justice and of argumentative dialogue. The Jewish concepts of justice and argument potentially serve as a useful corrective to some current efforts by conservative Protestants to bring religion into the public sphere.
403 permit ongoing performances of meaning and value���(1993, 277).
Clark and Corcoran's essay is the first contribution by philosophers to the interdisciplinary con... more Clark and Corcoran's essay is the first contribution by philosophers to the interdisciplinary conversation that is Rhetoric & Public Affairs. Scholarly conversations at their best may either: 1) advance our knowledge by testing falsifiable claims, or 2) clarify what is at stake in controversies over interpretations, values, and policies. Yet such conversations usually take place in a disciplinary context that is relatively opaque to outsiders.
Perhaps the most chilling moment of Martin Bernal's Black Athena occurs in Chapter IX, where he r... more Perhaps the most chilling moment of Martin Bernal's Black Athena occurs in Chapter IX, where he reviews the history of anti-Semitism in Northern Europe and North America, especially in colleges and universities. He cites a letter found in 1980 on the desk of Harry Caplan of Cornell," who was for many years the only Jewish tenured professor of the subject in the Ivy League":
Rhetorical Action in Ancient Athens offers an array of perspectives from which readers can ���res... more Rhetorical Action in Ancient Athens offers an array of perspectives from which readers can ���resee theory���(32). Attentive to both tours and contours, tests and contests, and, above all, to texts and contexts, Fredal encourages students and scholars of ancient rhetoric to pay heed to the prefix con-and to consider theory along with the experiential and environmental foregrounding that made theory possible in the first place.
In his first important essay,���In Search of 'the People': A Rhetorical Alternative,��� Michael C... more In his first important essay,���In Search of 'the People': A Rhetorical Alternative,��� Michael Calvin McGee contended,���Though concerned almost exclusively with public, social life, students of rhetoric have not been much involved with the topics of social theory.��� At the end of that essay he called for rhetorical scholars ���to participate in the serious Hegelian and Marxist dialogues of the previous two centuries which have so greatly affected life in our time.���
In contrast to the other philosophies discussed in this book, deconstruction resists easy summary... more In contrast to the other philosophies discussed in this book, deconstruction resists easy summary in propositional form. This resistance does not, as unkind critics would suggest, stem from deconstruction's fundamental incoherence, but from deconstruction's insistence that philosophy is not a set of truths but rather a set of texts. There is no such thing as" pragmatism,"" idealism,"" realism," and such, but only writing that bears these labels.
This is a book about Marxism written from my vantage point as a professor of rhetoric. In A Rheto... more This is a book about Marxism written from my vantage point as a professor of rhetoric. In A Rhetoric of Motives, Kenneth Burke contrasts the classical view of rhetoric as" the science of speaking well in civil questions" with that of Bentham and Marx, for whom rhetoric is" the knack of speaking ill in civil matters." 5 Marxism, like liberalism, participated in the Enlightenment project of eliminating mystification from social life���and this undertaking required a commitment to a perfectly transparent language.
Quarterly Journal of Speech, Jan 1, 2005
Our analysis of farmer and tavern-keeper William Manning's 1798 ... more Our analysis of farmer and tavern-keeper William Manning's 1798 Key of Libberty extends the concept of American republican rhetoric to include both elite and vernacular forms. We find that the key components of Manning's vernacular republicanism are: an aggressive use of the rhetoric of critique; the demand for transparency in public argument; the rejection of elite leadership; and the belief that decisions must be made in the interest of the common good. We compare vernacular to elite republicanism and conclude that the vernacular ...
Argumentation theory and the rhetoric of assent, Jan 1, 1990
Texts in Context: Critical Dialogues on Significant …
Rhetoric and philosophy, Jan 1, 1990
Conrad, & Lair, 2004) have drawn our attention to the role of communication in constituting a ran... more Conrad, & Lair, 2004) have drawn our attention to the role of communication in constituting a range of economic discourses that enable or constrain organizational actions. The dominant economic discourse in Western democracies since the mid-1970s emphasizes the power of unregulated markets to deliver prosperity.
56. JF Lee and R. Mittra,``Analysis of microwave ferrite devices by using finite element method,'... more 56. JF Lee and R. Mittra,``Analysis of microwave ferrite devices by using finite element method,''Journal of Applied Physics, pp. 5032-5034, 1991. 57. GM Wilkins, JF Lee, and R. Mittra,``Numerical modeling of axisymmetric coaxial waveguide discontinuities,''IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, pp. 1323-1328, 1991.
While accusations of" political correctness" are frequently raised against liberals, there has be... more While accusations of" political correctness" are frequently raised against liberals, there has been surprisingly little discussion of how conservatives foment the use of their own" economically correct" language. In this engaging book, James Arnt Aune examines how the rhetoric of the free market has become the everyday language of political debate in America and around the world. He illuminates the inner logic of free-market ideas, using rhetorical theory as an analytical tool.
In 1995, three University of Texas law professors announced the shocking discovery that no US pre... more In 1995, three University of Texas law professors announced the shocking discovery that no US president since Zachary Taylor has been constitutionally legitimate. Article II of the Constitution reads," No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President." Note that the phrase" at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution" is separated by a comma from the phrase preceding it.
Abstract In the form of a commentary on passages from the Torah and the Talmud about the death pe... more Abstract In the form of a commentary on passages from the Torah and the Talmud about the death penalty, this essay identifies unique characteristics of the Jewish concepts of justice and of argumentative dialogue. The Jewish concepts of justice and argument potentially serve as a useful corrective to some current efforts by conservative Protestants to bring religion into the public sphere.
403 permit ongoing performances of meaning and value���(1993, 277).
Clark and Corcoran's essay is the first contribution by philosophers to the interdisciplinary con... more Clark and Corcoran's essay is the first contribution by philosophers to the interdisciplinary conversation that is Rhetoric & Public Affairs. Scholarly conversations at their best may either: 1) advance our knowledge by testing falsifiable claims, or 2) clarify what is at stake in controversies over interpretations, values, and policies. Yet such conversations usually take place in a disciplinary context that is relatively opaque to outsiders.
Perhaps the most chilling moment of Martin Bernal's Black Athena occurs in Chapter IX, where he r... more Perhaps the most chilling moment of Martin Bernal's Black Athena occurs in Chapter IX, where he reviews the history of anti-Semitism in Northern Europe and North America, especially in colleges and universities. He cites a letter found in 1980 on the desk of Harry Caplan of Cornell," who was for many years the only Jewish tenured professor of the subject in the Ivy League":
Rhetorical Action in Ancient Athens offers an array of perspectives from which readers can ���res... more Rhetorical Action in Ancient Athens offers an array of perspectives from which readers can ���resee theory���(32). Attentive to both tours and contours, tests and contests, and, above all, to texts and contexts, Fredal encourages students and scholars of ancient rhetoric to pay heed to the prefix con-and to consider theory along with the experiential and environmental foregrounding that made theory possible in the first place.
In his first important essay,���In Search of 'the People': A Rhetorical Alternative,��� Michael C... more In his first important essay,���In Search of 'the People': A Rhetorical Alternative,��� Michael Calvin McGee contended,���Though concerned almost exclusively with public, social life, students of rhetoric have not been much involved with the topics of social theory.��� At the end of that essay he called for rhetorical scholars ���to participate in the serious Hegelian and Marxist dialogues of the previous two centuries which have so greatly affected life in our time.���
In contrast to the other philosophies discussed in this book, deconstruction resists easy summary... more In contrast to the other philosophies discussed in this book, deconstruction resists easy summary in propositional form. This resistance does not, as unkind critics would suggest, stem from deconstruction's fundamental incoherence, but from deconstruction's insistence that philosophy is not a set of truths but rather a set of texts. There is no such thing as" pragmatism,"" idealism,"" realism," and such, but only writing that bears these labels.
This is a book about Marxism written from my vantage point as a professor of rhetoric. In A Rheto... more This is a book about Marxism written from my vantage point as a professor of rhetoric. In A Rhetoric of Motives, Kenneth Burke contrasts the classical view of rhetoric as" the science of speaking well in civil questions" with that of Bentham and Marx, for whom rhetoric is" the knack of speaking ill in civil matters." 5 Marxism, like liberalism, participated in the Enlightenment project of eliminating mystification from social life���and this undertaking required a commitment to a perfectly transparent language.
Quarterly Journal of Speech, Jan 1, 2005
Our analysis of farmer and tavern-keeper William Manning's 1798 ... more Our analysis of farmer and tavern-keeper William Manning's 1798 Key of Libberty extends the concept of American republican rhetoric to include both elite and vernacular forms. We find that the key components of Manning's vernacular republicanism are: an aggressive use of the rhetoric of critique; the demand for transparency in public argument; the rejection of elite leadership; and the belief that decisions must be made in the interest of the common good. We compare vernacular to elite republicanism and conclude that the vernacular ...
Argumentation theory and the rhetoric of assent, Jan 1, 1990
Texts in Context: Critical Dialogues on Significant …
Rhetoric and philosophy, Jan 1, 1990
... I. Aune, James Arnt. II. Rigsby, Enrique D. III. Series. E176.1.C57 2005 323.1196&#x2... more ... I. Aune, James Arnt. II. Rigsby, Enrique D. III. Series. E176.1.C57 2005 323.1196'073' 009-dc22 2005004681 Page 9. To Nick, Daniel, Jeremiah, Andrew, Zachary, and Joshua May you know a world of true equality for all Page 10. Page 11. ...