2015•Quarterly Journal of SpeechRequires access

Barack Obama and Rhetorical History

John Murphy

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In this essay, I examine the definition and invocation of rhetorical history, a concept central to the work done in this journal. The essay briefly discusses the uses of history by rhetorical critics, turns to President Barack Obama's theory of (rhetorical) history and social change, examines his deployment of argument from history as a means to manage varied rhetorical problems, and concludes with some thoughts on his rhetorical history and ours.

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Key concepts: Rhetorical question, Invocation, Argument (complex analysis), Rhetorical criticism, Rhetoric, Rhetorical modes, Sociology, Rhetorical device