Harold G. Barrett Explained

Harold G. Barrett is an American Emeritus Professor of Speech Communication at California State University.^[1] He is also a writer^[2] rhetorician^[3] on the subject of ethics^[4] and civility^{[5] [6]} in communication.

Early life an education

Barrett earned an A.B., 1949, and an M.A., 1952, from the University of the Pacific. He graduated with a Ph.D. in 1962 from the University of Oregon.

Career

During his career Barrett published a number of books. One of his better known works, Rhetoric and Civility Human Development, Narcissism, and the Good Audience, was published in 1991. In this book Barrett discusses classical rhetorical theory and interprets it for use in all interactions, exploring origins in infancy of the rhetorical disposition and the rhetorical indisposition. Barrett provides four case-study chapters of the lives of individuals illustrating unhealthy narcissism and rhetorical failure, and illustrates how unfavorable narcissism can give adverse direction to the rhetorical imperative and lead to problems in relationships. Barrett offers a rhetorical corrective.^{[3] [7]}

Barrett also published a number of journal articles on various subjects related to rhetoric and effectiveness in verbal communication,^[8] both currently and in historical context.^{[9] [10]}

For many years Barrett was the coordinator of California State University's Conference in Rhetorical Criticism.^[11]

Selected publications

• Maintaining the Self in Communication^[12]
• Rhetoric of the People: Is There Any Better Or Equal Hope in the World? (editor)
• Book: Harold Barrett. Rhetoric and Civility: Human Development, Narcissism, and the Good Audience. 22 January 1991. SUNY Press. 978-0-7914-0484-3.
• Book: Harold Barrett. The Sophists: Rhetoric, Democracy, and Plato's Idea of Sophistry. 1987. Chandler & Sharp. 978-0-88316-557-7. ^{[13] [14]}
• Book: Harold Barrett. Practical uses of speech communication. 1 January 1987. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-06-04 . 2014-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140709004401/http://www20.csueastbay.edu/oaa/files/docs/DirectoryEmeriti.pdf . dead .
2. Book: Speech and Drama. 1980. Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama. 33.
3. Book: Steven A. Beebe. Susan J. Beebe. Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach. registration. March 2002. Allyn and Bacon. 978-0-205-35863-2. 53.
4. Book: Steven A. Beebe. Susan J. Beebe. A Concise Public Speaking Handbook. 27 January 2014. 41–. 4th.
5. Book: Clella Iles Jaffe. Public speaking: a cultural perspective. registration. 1995. Wadsworth. 978-0-534-23064-7.
6. Book: Tom Shachtman. Inarticulate Society: Eloquence and Culture in America. 11 September 2007. Simon and Schuster. 978-1-4165-7679-2. 161–.
7. Book: Gregory Spencer. Awakening the Quieter Virtues. 2 July 2010. InterVarsity Press. 978-0-8308-6748-6. 91–.
8. Book: Winifred Bryan Horner. The Present state of scholarship in historical and contemporary rhetoric. 1990. University of Missouri Press. 978-0-8262-0763-0. 209.
9. Book: Omar Swartz. The Rise of Rhetoric and Its Intersections with Contemporary Critical Thought. 1998. Westview Press. 978-0-8133-9089-5. 66.
10. Book: Bernard L. Brock. Robert Lee Scott. Methods of rhetorical criticism: a twentieth-century perspective. registration. 1980. Wayne State University Press. 978-0-8143-1648-1. 379.
11. Book: Duane H. Roen. Stuart C. Brown. Theresa Jarnagin Enos. Living Rhetoric and Composition: Stories of the Discipline. 5 September 2013. Routledge. 978-1-136-77365-5. 71–.
12. Book: Richard L. Johannesen. Kathleen S. Valde. Karen E. Whedbee. Ethics in Human Communication: Sixth Edition. 9 January 2008. Waveland Press. 978-1-4786-0912-4. 241–.
13. Book: Susan C. Jarratt. Rereading the Sophists: Classical Rhetoric Refigured. 1998. SIU Press. 978-0-8093-2224-4. 99, 103.
14. Book: James A. Herrick. The History and Theory of Rhetoric: An Introduction. 2001. Allyn and Bacon. 978-0-205-31455-3. 50.