{"title":"Charitable violence: George HW Bush and simulated atonement for Vietnam","authors":"David Bailey","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2021.1942602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2021.1942602","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this essay I offer a reconsideration of President George H.W. Bush’s rhetorical campaign for the Gulf War. I argue that Bush’s rhetoric was an instance of simulated atonement—a variant of the atonement rhetorical form. Bush’s use of this form enabled him to both sanitize and ennoble the violence of the war as self-redemptive corrective action for the public memory traumas of the Vietnam era. Bush yawed between dissociation and analogy—first entirely dissociating Vietnam from the Gulf War and later embracing the Gulf War as analogical redemption for Vietnam. I also briefly consider an example of genuine atonement offered by one of President Bush’s successors.","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"36 1","pages":"22 - 38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87422420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 2020 presidential debates: reasoned argument or political theater","authors":"R. C. Rowland","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2021.1949535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2021.1949535","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract After what was widely perceived to be a disastrous first debate in 2020, the second debate was viewed as a vast improvement, a shift that fulfilled the pedagogical functions of presidential debates for educating the public. A close analysis of the arguments in the two debates, however, does not support this judgment. Rather, it indicates that the 2020 presidential debates functioned more as political theater than they did as public argument. A change in format could shift the incentives facing the candidates, encouraging them to build strong arguments in favor of their position.","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"14 1","pages":"218 - 235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81934762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is there a missing on-balance premise in conductive argument?","authors":"Yun Xie","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2021.1935669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2021.1935669","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"33 7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80235905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Viewing deliberation: daytime television’s public pedagogy of inclusion","authors":"K. Maddux","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2021.1936786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2021.1936786","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Televised deliberation has been celebrated for its accessibility and derided for its tendency toward spectacle. Deliberative theorists and practitioners seek ways to make deliberation more inclusive because widespread participation facilitates deliberative legitimacy. This analysis operates between these two challenges, to consider how the daytime television show The View, drawing upon the televisual logics of spectacle and intimacy, nonetheless offers a public pedagogy of deliberation that provides resources for facilitating inclusive deliberation. I argue that the show models deliberators overcoming typical barriers to deliberation, such as disagreement and discomfort, with five deliberative habits: everyday talk, civility, agreement, friendship, and humor.","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"55 1","pages":"1 - 21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79835302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resolved: debate can revolutionize education and help save our democracy","authors":"Alexander Hiland","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2021.1933343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2021.1933343","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"2 1","pages":"276 - 278"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85122947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The enthymeme: syllogism, reasoning and narrative in ancient rhetoric","authors":"Michael J. Hoppmann","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2021.1933344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2021.1933344","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"6 1","pages":"273 - 275"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75131641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peculiar rhetoric: slavery, freedom, and the african colonization movement","authors":"Theon E. Hill","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2021.1910178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2021.1910178","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"29 1","pages":"270 - 272"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86158154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The gifting logos: expertise in the digital commons","authors":"J. Johnson","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2021.1905941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2021.1905941","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"30 1","pages":"267 - 269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86664801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the associations between debate participation, communication competence, communication apprehension, and argumentativeness with a global sample","authors":"William T. Howe, Ioana A. Cionea","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2021.1897274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2021.1897274","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this original research study, we examined how participating in debate is associated with communication competence (CC), communication apprehension (CA), and argumentativeness (ARG). A sample of participants (N = 201) from around the globe filled out an online survey where they reported demographic information (including debate experience) and completed scales measuring CC, CA, and ARG. Differences between these variables were then examined based on categories such as debaters and non-debaters, US and non-US residency, men and women. Results revealed participants with debate experience scored systematically different than those with no debate experience, even when controlling for participants’ sex and residency geographic region. Previously established relationships between CC, CA, and ARG were also supported. Additionally, significant differences were noted between US participants and non-US participants for several variables. No significant differences were found between men and women; however, an interaction effect between debate participation and sex was found. These results, including their practical implications, are discussed in the context of communication competence and apprehension research as well as argumentation literature.","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"94 1","pages":"103 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77271704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The dissociations of John Roberts: National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius and the discontents of judicial supremacy","authors":"John Banister","doi":"10.1080/10511431.2021.1897275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10511431.2021.1897275","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Supreme Court of the United States often finds itself at the center of political controversies due to the increased judicialization of value and policy matters. These controversies threaten the Court’s legitimacy, inducing the justices to defend their independence to perform the institution’s raison d’être. This dilemma is exemplified in legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act after the U.S. Congress, in 2018, eliminated the tax penalty that was essential to the Court’s rationale for upholding the mandate in a prior case. By interrogating the dissociative reasoning of Chief Justice Roberts’ controlling opinion in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012), I argue that the opinion and its uptake in subsequent challenges epitomize the discontents of judicial supremacy and the ultimate inconstancy of judicially-driven political change. Evaluation of this case contributes to understanding of the practices of legal argumentation and theories of dissociation.","PeriodicalId":29934,"journal":{"name":"Argumentation and Advocacy","volume":"1 1","pages":"123 - 139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84094162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}