Herbert W Simons
Biographic Data
| ID | 187145 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Herbert W Simons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Herbert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Simons |
| SIGNATURE | SIMONS H W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Persuasion in Society
Persuasion in Society, Third Edition introduces readers to the rich tapestry of persuasive technique and scholarship, interweaving rhetorical, critical theory, and social science traditions. This text examines current and classical theory through the lens of contemporary culture, encouraging readers to explore the nature of persuasion and to understand its impact in their lives. Employing a contemporary approach, authors Jean G. Jones and Herbert…
Persuasion in Society
Persuasion in Society introduces readers to the rich tapestry of persuasive technique and scholarship, interweaving rhetorical, critical theory, and social science traditions. This text examines current and classical theory through the lens of contemporary culture, encouraging readers to explore the nature of persuasion and to understand its impact in their lives. Employing a contemporary approach, authors Herbert W. Simons and Jean G. Jones draw…
Transitional Rhetoric of Chinese Communist Party Leaders in the Post-Mao Reform Period
Since 1978 China's ruling Communist Party has moved China's economy increasingly toward capitalism and its foreign policy toward strategic partnership with its old enemies in the West. These changes have required Party leaders to reconcile the reforms rhetorically with continued homage to their predecessors, to Chinese traditions, and to Marxist/Maoist orthodoxies. This analysis focuses on key slogans and catchwords used in top-down rhetoric by e…
A dilemma‐centered analysis of Clinton's August 17 th apologia
In his apologia following a day of grand jury testimony on August 17th, 1998 President Clinton faced a number of rhetorical dilemmas stemming from his illicit relationship with Monica Lewinsky and his subsequent, ill‐fated attempts at covering it up. This essay offers a dilemma‐centered analysis of Clinton's rhetorical situation and provides an assessment of the strategic appropriateness of the speech in light of a theory of the rhetorical event.…
Rhetorical hermeneutics and the project of globalization
Alan G. Gross and William M. Keith (Eds.) Rhetorical Hermeneutics: Invention and Interpretation in the Age of Science. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1997. SUNY Series in Speech Communication. Dudley D. Cahn Jr. Editor. ISBN 0–7914–3109–6. 371 pp
Judging a policy proposal by the company it keeps
On November 9, 1993, Vice‐President Albert Gore debated Ross Perot on the subject of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. That Gore triumphed in the debate and succeeded thereby in winning pivotal votes in Congress for NAFTA has been widely acknowledged by the news media. The argument of this essay is that, from a rhetorical as opposed to a dialectical or logical perspective, viewer decisions to move toward the pro‐NAFTA position on th…
Postmodernism as Normal Science
After Postmodernism Reconstructing Ideology Critique
Introduction - Michael Billig and Herbert W Simons PART ONE: THE POSTMODERN PROBLEMATIC Reconstructing Social Theory after the Postmodern Critique - Richard Harvey Brown Evading the Subject - Steven E Cole The Poverty of Contingency Theory The Limits of Pure Critique - Kenneth J Gergen Inscription and Horizon - Ian Angus A Postmodern Civilizing Effect? PART TWO: IDEOLOGY CRITIQUE AND CULTURAL STUDIES Staying Dumb? Feminist Research and Pedagogy w…
Going meta”
Among the most memorable encounters in recent history are those in which one political actor "went meta" to another during a high stakes, high visibility political confrontation. Maneuvers of this sort break with routines by making prior communications the subject of communication. They are thus reflexive reframings. While the potential gains from going meta may be enormous, they may also be quite risky, hence requiring a delicate sense of rhetor…
On the rhetoric of social movements, historical movements, and “top‐down” movements
Texts of Identity
Chronicle and critique of a conference
On Politicians, Critics, and Reified Myths
Journal Article On Politicians, Critics, and Reified Myths Get access Herbert W. Simons Herbert W. Simons 1Herbert W. Simons (Ph.D. Purdue University, 1961) is professor of speech at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 8, Issue 4, June 1982, Pages 386–388, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1982.tb00677.x Published: 17 Ma…
The forum
Changing notions about social movements
THE STRATEGY OF SOCIAL PROTEST. By William A. Gamson. Homewood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press, 1975; pp. 217. $5.95. SOCIAL CONFLICT AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. By Anthony Oberschall. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice‐Hall, Inc., 1973; pp. 371
A movement perspective on the 1972 presidential election
Employing the 1972 presidential campaign and “The Movement” as extended examples, tentative hypotheses are offered identifying the relationships between campaigns and movements. Since McGovern's lopsided defeat also constituted arepudiation by the electorate of “The Movement” on which his candidacy was built, this analysis examines, retrospectively, the options which were open to “The Movement” and offers hypotheses about relationships between pr…
Psychological theories of persuasion
(1971). Psychological theories of persuasion: An auditor's report. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 383-392
Similarity, credibility, and attitude change
Requirements, problems, and strategies
(1970). Requirements, problems, and strategies: A theory of persuasion for social movements. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 1-11
Representative versus participative patterns of deliberation in large groups
Requirements, problems, and strategies
(1970). Requirements, problems, and strategies: A theory of persuasion for social movements. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 1-11
Chronicle and critique of a conference
Going meta”
Among the most memorable encounters in recent history are those in which one political actor "went meta" to another during a high stakes, high visibility political confrontation. Maneuvers of this sort break with routines by making prior communications the subject of communication. They are thus reflexive reframings. While the potential gains from going meta may be enormous, they may also be quite risky, hence requiring a delicate sense of rhetor…
A dilemma‐centered analysis of Clinton's August 17 th apologia
In his apologia following a day of grand jury testimony on August 17th, 1998 President Clinton faced a number of rhetorical dilemmas stemming from his illicit relationship with Monica Lewinsky and his subsequent, ill‐fated attempts at covering it up. This essay offers a dilemma‐centered analysis of Clinton's rhetorical situation and provides an assessment of the strategic appropriateness of the speech in light of a theory of the rhetorical event.…
Transitional Rhetoric of Chinese Communist Party Leaders in the Post-Mao Reform Period
Since 1978 China's ruling Communist Party has moved China's economy increasingly toward capitalism and its foreign policy toward strategic partnership with its old enemies in the West. These changes have required Party leaders to reconcile the reforms rhetorically with continued homage to their predecessors, to Chinese traditions, and to Marxist/Maoist orthodoxies. This analysis focuses on key slogans and catchwords used in top-down rhetoric by e…
Texts of Identity
Rhetorical hermeneutics and the project of globalization
Alan G. Gross and William M. Keith (Eds.) Rhetorical Hermeneutics: Invention and Interpretation in the Age of Science. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1997. SUNY Series in Speech Communication. Dudley D. Cahn Jr. Editor. ISBN 0–7914–3109–6. 371 pp
Postmodernism as Normal Science
A movement perspective on the 1972 presidential election
Employing the 1972 presidential campaign and “The Movement” as extended examples, tentative hypotheses are offered identifying the relationships between campaigns and movements. Since McGovern's lopsided defeat also constituted arepudiation by the electorate of “The Movement” on which his candidacy was built, this analysis examines, retrospectively, the options which were open to “The Movement” and offers hypotheses about relationships between pr…
Psychological theories of persuasion
(1971). Psychological theories of persuasion: An auditor's report. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 383-392
Representative versus participative patterns of deliberation in large groups
Similarity, credibility, and attitude change
Requirements, problems, and strategies
(1970). Requirements, problems, and strategies: A theory of persuasion for social movements. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 1-11
Psychological theories of persuasion
(1971). Psychological theories of persuasion: An auditor's report. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 383-392
A movement perspective on the 1972 presidential election
Employing the 1972 presidential campaign and “The Movement” as extended examples, tentative hypotheses are offered identifying the relationships between campaigns and movements. Since McGovern's lopsided defeat also constituted arepudiation by the electorate of “The Movement” on which his candidacy was built, this analysis examines, retrospectively, the options which were open to “The Movement” and offers hypotheses about relationships between pr…
Changing notions about social movements
THE STRATEGY OF SOCIAL PROTEST. By William A. Gamson. Homewood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press, 1975; pp. 217. $5.95. SOCIAL CONFLICT AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. By Anthony Oberschall. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice‐Hall, Inc., 1973; pp. 371
The forum
On Politicians, Critics, and Reified Myths
Journal Article On Politicians, Critics, and Reified Myths Get access Herbert W. Simons Herbert W. Simons 1Herbert W. Simons (Ph.D. Purdue University, 1961) is professor of speech at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 8, Issue 4, June 1982, Pages 386–388, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1982.tb00677.x Published: 17 Ma…
Chronicle and critique of a conference
Texts of Identity
On the rhetoric of social movements, historical movements, and “top‐down” movements
After Postmodernism Reconstructing Ideology Critique
Introduction - Michael Billig and Herbert W Simons PART ONE: THE POSTMODERN PROBLEMATIC Reconstructing Social Theory after the Postmodern Critique - Richard Harvey Brown Evading the Subject - Steven E Cole The Poverty of Contingency Theory The Limits of Pure Critique - Kenneth J Gergen Inscription and Horizon - Ian Angus A Postmodern Civilizing Effect? PART TWO: IDEOLOGY CRITIQUE AND CULTURAL STUDIES Staying Dumb? Feminist Research and Pedagogy w…
Going meta”
Among the most memorable encounters in recent history are those in which one political actor "went meta" to another during a high stakes, high visibility political confrontation. Maneuvers of this sort break with routines by making prior communications the subject of communication. They are thus reflexive reframings. While the potential gains from going meta may be enormous, they may also be quite risky, hence requiring a delicate sense of rhetor…
Postmodernism as Normal Science
Judging a policy proposal by the company it keeps
On November 9, 1993, Vice‐President Albert Gore debated Ross Perot on the subject of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. That Gore triumphed in the debate and succeeded thereby in winning pivotal votes in Congress for NAFTA has been widely acknowledged by the news media. The argument of this essay is that, from a rhetorical as opposed to a dialectical or logical perspective, viewer decisions to move toward the pro‐NAFTA position on th…
Rhetorical hermeneutics and the project of globalization
Alan G. Gross and William M. Keith (Eds.) Rhetorical Hermeneutics: Invention and Interpretation in the Age of Science. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1997. SUNY Series in Speech Communication. Dudley D. Cahn Jr. Editor. ISBN 0–7914–3109–6. 371 pp
A dilemma‐centered analysis of Clinton's August 17 th apologia
In his apologia following a day of grand jury testimony on August 17th, 1998 President Clinton faced a number of rhetorical dilemmas stemming from his illicit relationship with Monica Lewinsky and his subsequent, ill‐fated attempts at covering it up. This essay offers a dilemma‐centered analysis of Clinton's rhetorical situation and provides an assessment of the strategic appropriateness of the speech in light of a theory of the rhetorical event.…
Transitional Rhetoric of Chinese Communist Party Leaders in the Post-Mao Reform Period
Since 1978 China's ruling Communist Party has moved China's economy increasingly toward capitalism and its foreign policy toward strategic partnership with its old enemies in the West. These changes have required Party leaders to reconcile the reforms rhetorically with continued homage to their predecessors, to Chinese traditions, and to Marxist/Maoist orthodoxies. This analysis focuses on key slogans and catchwords used in top-down rhetoric by e…
Persuasion in Society
Persuasion in Society introduces readers to the rich tapestry of persuasive technique and scholarship, interweaving rhetorical, critical theory, and social science traditions. This text examines current and classical theory through the lens of contemporary culture, encouraging readers to explore the nature of persuasion and to understand its impact in their lives. Employing a contemporary approach, authors Herbert W. Simons and Jean G. Jones draw…
Persuasion in Society
Persuasion in Society, Third Edition introduces readers to the rich tapestry of persuasive technique and scholarship, interweaving rhetorical, critical theory, and social science traditions. This text examines current and classical theory through the lens of contemporary culture, encouraging readers to explore the nature of persuasion and to understand its impact in their lives. Employing a contemporary approach, authors Jean G. Jones and Herbert…
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