Thomas B Farrell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5595841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas B Farrell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas B |
| FAMILY NAME | Farrell |
| SIGNATURE | FARRELL T B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 125 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Sur les traces de la post-modernité dans les théories de la communication
Peut-être s’agit-il d’un signe d’évolution dans l’étude des communications de constater qu’une spécialisation de plus en plus poussée s’accompagne en même temps de réflexions plus audacieuses. Même si les approches esthétique, historique ou philosophique du champ de la pratique des communications n’ont pas livré de preuves empiriques comme le démontre la science « normale », on reconnaît toutefois que ces approches non scientifiques démontrent ég…
Norms of Rhetorical Culture
Rhetoric is widely regarded by both its detractors and advocates as a kind of antithesis to reason. In this book Thomas B. Farrell restores rhetoric as an art of practical reason and enlightened civic participation, grounding it in its classical tradition - particularly in the rhetoric of Aristotle. Farrell also offers a critique of the dominant currents of modern humanist thought, which bear principal responsibility for the disparagement of the …
Scrapbooks as cultural texts: An American art of memory
The largely invisible but pervasive American cultural practice of scrapbook keeping is examined in this essay. Through a synthesis of ethnographic and rhetorical methods, the cultural genre of scrapbook is defined and explored. Interview data from 55 informants are explored to disclose the meaning of scrapbooks as an artifact of life narration for many youthful middle‐class Americans. Phases of selection, organizing, and sharing indicate that the…
From the Parthenon to the bassinet: Death and rebirth along the epistemic trail
Media rhetoric as social drama: The Winter Olympics of 1984
The unprecedented importance of commercial media in both the broadcasting and the sponsorship of the Olympic games has had critical implications for their significance as global events. This appraisal of the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo argues that it was the plurality of tensions among the commodified market economy and more traditional heroic norms of excellence that engendered “social dramas” in the presentation of Olympic games. In this c…
Rhetorical resemblance: Paradoxes of a practical art
This essay uncovers in the classical tradition an underlying paradox that helps to explain contemporary confusions about rhetoric's mimetic status. Aristotle situated rhetoric in a conflicted relationship—between rhetoric as an ethical‐political practice and poetic. The aesthetic possibility of rhetoric is thus liberated and limited by constraints imposed by Aristotle's most perfected poetic form, tragedy
Narrative in Natural Discourse: On Conversation and Rhetoric
Journal Article Narrative in Natural Discourse: On Conversation and Rhetoric Get access Thomas B. Farrell Thomas B. Farrell 1Thomas B. Farrell is Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 35, Issue 4, December 1985, Pages 109–127, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1985.tb02976.x Published: 07 February 2006
The forum
Accidental rhetoric: The root metaphors of three mile Island
Even though the communication practices at Three Mile Island confounded advocates and critics alike, the root assumptions of this discourse have remained unexamined. This essay theorizes, however, that much of contemporary communication tends to withhold its presuppositions from ready critical access. Accordingly, it may remain for a rhetorical crisis to disclose for us the limits of our most ordinary activities. Our contention is that Three Mile…
Critical theory and communication: A selective literature review
Books reviewed THE DIALECTICAL IMAGINATION: A HISTORY OF THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL AND THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH 1923–1950. By Martin Jay. Boston: Little, Brown, 1973; pp. xvii+382. $12.50. ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL: A MARXIST PERSPECTIVE. By Phil Slater. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977; pp. xvii+185. $13.75. THE ORIGIN OF NEGATIVE DIALECTICS: THEODOR W. ADORNO, WALTER BENJAMIN, AND THE FRANKFURT INSTITUTE. By Susan B…
Political conventions as legitimation ritual
The major parties faced special problems in 1976 which they attempted to overcome in part through the ritual forms of their national conventions. The Democrats played upon the theme of unity, the Republicans upon the theme of conflict, as each sought legitimation of the party and its chosen leader
Social knowledge II
In this reconsideration of social knowledge, an attempt is made to resolve ambiguities related to the original project. Three regions of dispute fostered by the initial essay are examined and explained: first, the definition of social knowledge; second, the issue of form; third, the problem of normative impact
Language‐action: A paradigm for communication
(1976). Language‐action: A paradigm for communication. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 333-349
Knowledge, consensus, and rhetorical theory
(1976). Knowledge, consensus, and rhetorical theory. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 1-14
Conversion of America's consciousness: The rhetoric of The Exorcist
(1975). Conversion of America's consciousness: The rhetoric of The Exorcist. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 40-47
Knowledge, consensus, and rhetorical theory
(1976). Knowledge, consensus, and rhetorical theory. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 1-14
Accidental rhetoric: The root metaphors of three mile Island
Even though the communication practices at Three Mile Island confounded advocates and critics alike, the root assumptions of this discourse have remained unexamined. This essay theorizes, however, that much of contemporary communication tends to withhold its presuppositions from ready critical access. Accordingly, it may remain for a rhetorical crisis to disclose for us the limits of our most ordinary activities. Our contention is that Three Mile…
Language‐action: A paradigm for communication
(1976). Language‐action: A paradigm for communication. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 333-349
Scrapbooks as cultural texts: An American art of memory
The largely invisible but pervasive American cultural practice of scrapbook keeping is examined in this essay. Through a synthesis of ethnographic and rhetorical methods, the cultural genre of scrapbook is defined and explored. Interview data from 55 informants are explored to disclose the meaning of scrapbooks as an artifact of life narration for many youthful middle‐class Americans. Phases of selection, organizing, and sharing indicate that the…
Social knowledge II
In this reconsideration of social knowledge, an attempt is made to resolve ambiguities related to the original project. Three regions of dispute fostered by the initial essay are examined and explained: first, the definition of social knowledge; second, the issue of form; third, the problem of normative impact
Rhetorical resemblance: Paradoxes of a practical art
This essay uncovers in the classical tradition an underlying paradox that helps to explain contemporary confusions about rhetoric's mimetic status. Aristotle situated rhetoric in a conflicted relationship—between rhetoric as an ethical‐political practice and poetic. The aesthetic possibility of rhetoric is thus liberated and limited by constraints imposed by Aristotle's most perfected poetic form, tragedy
From the Parthenon to the bassinet: Death and rebirth along the epistemic trail
The forum
Critical theory and communication: A selective literature review
Books reviewed THE DIALECTICAL IMAGINATION: A HISTORY OF THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL AND THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH 1923–1950. By Martin Jay. Boston: Little, Brown, 1973; pp. xvii+382. $12.50. ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL: A MARXIST PERSPECTIVE. By Phil Slater. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977; pp. xvii+185. $13.75. THE ORIGIN OF NEGATIVE DIALECTICS: THEODOR W. ADORNO, WALTER BENJAMIN, AND THE FRANKFURT INSTITUTE. By Susan B…
Political conventions as legitimation ritual
The major parties faced special problems in 1976 which they attempted to overcome in part through the ritual forms of their national conventions. The Democrats played upon the theme of unity, the Republicans upon the theme of conflict, as each sought legitimation of the party and its chosen leader
Conversion of America's consciousness: The rhetoric of The Exorcist
(1975). Conversion of America's consciousness: The rhetoric of The Exorcist. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 40-47
Conversion of America's consciousness: The rhetoric of The Exorcist
(1975). Conversion of America's consciousness: The rhetoric of The Exorcist. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 40-47
Language‐action: A paradigm for communication
(1976). Language‐action: A paradigm for communication. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 333-349
Knowledge, consensus, and rhetorical theory
(1976). Knowledge, consensus, and rhetorical theory. Quarterly Journal of Speech: Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 1-14
Political conventions as legitimation ritual
The major parties faced special problems in 1976 which they attempted to overcome in part through the ritual forms of their national conventions. The Democrats played upon the theme of unity, the Republicans upon the theme of conflict, as each sought legitimation of the party and its chosen leader
Social knowledge II
In this reconsideration of social knowledge, an attempt is made to resolve ambiguities related to the original project. Three regions of dispute fostered by the initial essay are examined and explained: first, the definition of social knowledge; second, the issue of form; third, the problem of normative impact
Critical theory and communication: A selective literature review
Books reviewed THE DIALECTICAL IMAGINATION: A HISTORY OF THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL AND THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH 1923–1950. By Martin Jay. Boston: Little, Brown, 1973; pp. xvii+382. $12.50. ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL: A MARXIST PERSPECTIVE. By Phil Slater. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977; pp. xvii+185. $13.75. THE ORIGIN OF NEGATIVE DIALECTICS: THEODOR W. ADORNO, WALTER BENJAMIN, AND THE FRANKFURT INSTITUTE. By Susan B…
Accidental rhetoric: The root metaphors of three mile Island
Even though the communication practices at Three Mile Island confounded advocates and critics alike, the root assumptions of this discourse have remained unexamined. This essay theorizes, however, that much of contemporary communication tends to withhold its presuppositions from ready critical access. Accordingly, it may remain for a rhetorical crisis to disclose for us the limits of our most ordinary activities. Our contention is that Three Mile…
The forum
Narrative in Natural Discourse: On Conversation and Rhetoric
Journal Article Narrative in Natural Discourse: On Conversation and Rhetoric Get access Thomas B. Farrell Thomas B. Farrell 1Thomas B. Farrell is Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 35, Issue 4, December 1985, Pages 109–127, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1985.tb02976.x Published: 07 February 2006
Rhetorical resemblance: Paradoxes of a practical art
This essay uncovers in the classical tradition an underlying paradox that helps to explain contemporary confusions about rhetoric's mimetic status. Aristotle situated rhetoric in a conflicted relationship—between rhetoric as an ethical‐political practice and poetic. The aesthetic possibility of rhetoric is thus liberated and limited by constraints imposed by Aristotle's most perfected poetic form, tragedy
Media rhetoric as social drama: The Winter Olympics of 1984
The unprecedented importance of commercial media in both the broadcasting and the sponsorship of the Olympic games has had critical implications for their significance as global events. This appraisal of the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo argues that it was the plurality of tensions among the commodified market economy and more traditional heroic norms of excellence that engendered “social dramas” in the presentation of Olympic games. In this c…
From the Parthenon to the bassinet: Death and rebirth along the epistemic trail
Scrapbooks as cultural texts: An American art of memory
The largely invisible but pervasive American cultural practice of scrapbook keeping is examined in this essay. Through a synthesis of ethnographic and rhetorical methods, the cultural genre of scrapbook is defined and explored. Interview data from 55 informants are explored to disclose the meaning of scrapbooks as an artifact of life narration for many youthful middle‐class Americans. Phases of selection, organizing, and sharing indicate that the…
Norms of Rhetorical Culture
Rhetoric is widely regarded by both its detractors and advocates as a kind of antithesis to reason. In this book Thomas B. Farrell restores rhetoric as an art of practical reason and enlightened civic participation, grounding it in its classical tradition - particularly in the rhetoric of Aristotle. Farrell also offers a critique of the dominant currents of modern humanist thought, which bear principal responsibility for the disparagement of the …
Sur les traces de la post-modernité dans les théories de la communication
Peut-être s’agit-il d’un signe d’évolution dans l’étude des communications de constater qu’une spécialisation de plus en plus poussée s’accompagne en même temps de réflexions plus audacieuses. Même si les approches esthétique, historique ou philosophique du champ de la pratique des communications n’ont pas livré de preuves empiriques comme le démontre la science « normale », on reconnaît toutefois que ces approches non scientifiques démontrent ég…
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