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    The Democratic Sublime: On Aesthetics and Popular Assembly
    Philosophy and Rhetoric 55 (4): 418-423. 2022.
  •  3
    Prudence: Classical Virtue, Postmodern Practice (edited book)
    Pennsylvania State University Press. 2003.
    Realizing that a world remade by techno-science and global capital stands in great need of practical wisdom as an antidote to various forms of modern hubris, scholars across the human sciences have taken a renewed interest in exploring how the classical virtue of prudence can be reformulated as a guide for postmodern practice. This volume brings together scholars in classics, political philosophy, and rhetoric to analyze prudence as a distinctive and vital form of political intelligence. Through…Read more
  •  26
    Allegory and Democratic Public Culture in the Postmodern Era
    Philosophy and Rhetoric 35 (4): 267-296. 2002.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Philosophy and Rhetoric 35.4 (2002) 267-296 [Access article in PDF] Allegory and Democratic Public Culture in the Postmodern Era Robert Hariman The man lies on the hotel bed, clad only in his underwear, as he watches the TV screen just beyond his feet. His right hand holds the remote control, which he uses to scan through the cable channels. To his left sits Abraham Lincoln, clothed in long-sleeved white shirt and black pants and rea…Read more
  •  15
    Introduction
    Social Epistemology 5 (1). 1991.
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    Prudence in the Twenty-First Century
    with Liu
    Modern Philosophy 1 63-73. 2007.
    Prudence is in order to achieve sustainability of good behavior and political contingencies applicable to deal with the kind of intellectual. To prudence and the recent recovery of Modern arrogant different alternative, one should take into account the distinctive features is that it reflects how deeply the plight of human behavior. These characteristics of practical wisdom through the words to define the history, theory, practice, structure, quality and other aspects of the audience to identify…Read more
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    Between Confusion and Boredom in the Study of Visual Argument
    Argumentation 29 (2): 239-242. 2015.
    After reading the careful, thoughtful, carefully circumscribed scholarship that characterizes the study of argumentation, I can’t help but think that the study of visual argument might be, at least some of the time, a MacGuffin. That label comes from Alfred Hitchcock and now is enshrined in the lore of cinematic composition: the MacGuffin is a device whose presence motivates dramatic action yet proves to be “nothing” , whether trivial or unknowable or nonexistent. In like manner, the visual imag…Read more
  • James Arnt Aune. Rhetoric and Marxism
    Philosophy and Rhetoric 29 462-466. 1996.
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    No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy
    with John Louis Lucaites
    University of Chicago Press. 2011.
    In No Caption Needed, Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites provide the definitive study of the iconic photograph as a dynamic form of public art. Their critical analyses of nine individual icons explore the photographs themselves and their subsequent circulation through an astonishing array of media, including stamps, posters, billboards, editorial cartoons, TV shows, Web pages, tattoos, and more. Iconic images are revealed as models of visual eloquence, signposts for collective memory, means …Read more
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    Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations
    with Francis A. Beer
    Msu Press. 1996.
    The end of the Cold War encourages new perspectives on international relations. Beer and Hariman provide a comprehensive set of essays that challenge and reinterpret the tradition of realism which has dominated the thinking of academics and foreign policy makers. Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations systematically discusses the major realist writers of the Post-War era, the foundational concepts of international politics, and representative case studies of foreign policy …Read more
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    Comment on Stoesz
    Social Epistemology 2 (2). 1988.