Chapter 1 Chapter One. Introduction: A Conceptual Map of the Rhetorical Personality Chapter 2 Chapter Two. Empathy: Finding Ourselves in Others Chapter 3 Chapter Three. Saving the World One Person at a Time: the Inclination to Engage Chapter 4 Chapter Four. Confirming Our Acceptability: the Impulse for Self-Monitoring Chapter 5 Chapter Five. Autism, the Williams Syndrome and the Rhetoric of Sociality Chapter 6 Chapter Six. Finding a Way Through: The Films of James L. Brooks Chapter 7 Chapter Seven. Lessons from the Political Stage: the Role of the Other in the Rhetorical and Hortatory Styles
Gary C. Woodward is professor of communication studies at The College of New Jersey and author of Center Stage: Media and the Performance of American Politics. Check out the new book website found at http://www.theperfectresponse.com
In this wide-ranging inquiry, Woodward (communication, The College
of New Jersey) identifies what he considers significant markers of
public persuasion. In seven chapters, the author considers a
willingness to engage in public communication with others,
self-monitoring, empathy, motivation, adherence to goals,
responsiveness, and comfort level as indicators of influence;
defines a rhetorical personality as someone who possesses
significant numbers of these indicators; discusses autism and the
Williams Syndrome (a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with
unusual language skills) as arguable evidence that communicative
interactions are fragile and unpredictable; and examines the
rhetoric of public figures (President Bill Clinton, Tony Blair,
George W. Bush) and of the films of James L. Brooks and comedian
Steve Martin....A good resource for comprehensive collections in
public rhetoric. Summing Up: Recommended.
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