On “interpreting” public discourse in post‐modernity

The firm, the park and the university: Fear and trembling on the postmodern trail

“…Insistence on preserving essentialized standards risks loss of contact with performances that attract contemporary audiences and institutions (McGee, 1990). Equally, indiscriminate embrace forgoes obligations to interpret and evaluate events (Cox, 1990). One could decline concern altogether and follow Gozzi and Haynes (1992) into Zen, but "compassionate detachment," for Generation X, may be but another term for despair.…”

Performing critical interruptions: Stories, rhetorical invention, and the environmental justice movement

“…4 Farrell (1990) provides a brief synopsis of "the centrality of rhetorical invention" and the influences of "serious studies of creativity and discovery" to the development of the field of rhetoric as an art (p. 79). For further research on rhetorical invention, see: McKeon, 1966;Gronbeck, 1972;Leff, 1983;Cox, 1987Cox, , 1990aCox, , 1990bCox, , 1990cLeFevre, 1987;Young, 1987;McKerrow, 1989;Conquergood, 1991;andFarrell, 1991, 1993. 5 The following summary was derived from several sources, including Labalme, 1987;Geiser & Waneck, 1994;Freudenberg, 1994;and Kaplan, 1997.…”

Multiculturalism, rhetoric and the twenty‐first century

“…3 To my surprise, and ready proof that colleagues should take the opportunity to engage in more dialogue with each other, my call is consonant with Robert Shuter's (in press) plea for advancing "intracultural rhetoric." 4 For additional discussion see Gaonkar (1990), Cox (1990), Henry (1992), and Warnick (1992). 5 I draw my definition of democracy from Henry Giroux, who defines democracy as "the lived experience of empowerment for the majority" (Giroux, 1997, p. 268).…”