pp. "Title," Author
Keynote Address
1 "Cultivating Practical Reason: Argumentation Theory in Postmodernity," Joseph W. Wenzel
Keynote Responses
8 "Postmodernity, Cryptonormativism, and the Rhetorical: A Defense of Argument Studies," J. Robert Cox
13 "On Not Rising Above the Fray: Situating Argumentation in the Midst of Postmodernity," Lenore Langsdorf
Debate in Postmodernity
17 "Debate Against Itself: Post-Modernism, Academic Debate, and the Public Sphere," Randall A. Lake and Brooks Haynie
25 "Argument in a Technical Sphere: Incommensurate Rhetorical Visions," Edward M. Panetta and Dale A. Herbeck
31 "Post-Modernism, Argumentation, and Praxis: A Case Study of Academic Debate," Scott L. Harris and Robert C. Rowland
36 "An Archaeology of Argument: Post-Structuralism and Intercollegiate Debate," Robert E. Tucker
Contemporary Debate Theory and Practice
43 "The Parallel Crises in Democracy and Debate," Steven C. Combs
50 "Counterplan Permutations in Contemporary Practice," Lisa Hobbs and Heidi Hamilton
55 "A Research Agenda for the Study of Women in Debate: A Framework and Preliminary Analysis," Ann Johnson and Jon Brushchke
61 "Restraining Whately: An Examination of the Role of Presumption in Risk Analysis," James K. Dittus
65 "A Call to Reduce Forensic Tournament Schedules and the Seasonal Calendar," Robert C. Chandler
69 "Its Time for a Change: A Global Assessment of the State of the Art in NDT Debate," Scott Deatherage and Cori E. Dauber
72 "Debate, Pedagogy, and the Japanses RAM," Richard Fiordo
Exploring the Tensions
76 "Superficial Confrontations," Michael Calvin McGee
79 "Gets a Lifeworld: Some Notes on Dead Ends and Live Possibilities," G. Thomas Goodnight and Thomas B. Farrell
86 "Approaching the Abyss: Argumentation Theory and Postmodernism," David Cratis Williams
91 "Argument Is; Therefore, Arguers Are," Robert L. Scott
97 "Gorgias and his Postmodern Cousins: Toward a Skeptical View of Argument," Warren Sandmann
104 "The End of Modernity and the Ends of Argumentation: A Discourse on the Notion of Advocacy as Rationality," Frank J. Macke
113 "Argumentation and the Reconstitution of Desire: A Lacanian Meditation on Presumption and Ideology," Douglas R. Bruce
119 "Overcoming Fatalism: Rhetoric/Argument in Postmodernity," Raymie E. McKerrow
Feminism and Postmodern Argument
122 "Rhetoric, Postmodernism, and Desire," Barbara Biesecker
124 "Standpoint, Praxis, and Postmodern Argument: A Feminist Dilemma," Margaret D. Zulick
128 "Is the ‘Public’ Sphere of Argument Located in a Gendered Dichotomy?: The Discursive Challenge of Republican Family Values," Carrie Crenshaw
136 "Subaltern Counter Publics and the ‘Paradox of Woman,’" Melissa D. Deem
Theoretical Perspectives
143 "Futuring Traditions: Making Postmodern Judgments," John M. Sloop and Kent A. Ono
149 "Performing with Fragments: Reflections on Critical Rhetoric," Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar
156 "Always Already (Re)covering Postmodernism," Steve Whitson
159 "Responsibilities: Speculations on Rhetoric and the Ethico-Political in Postmodernity," James P. McDaniel
162 "An Enthymematic Approach to Response and a Responsive Approach to Enthymemes," David S. Birdsell
166 "Paul de Man on Rhetoric: Culture Wars and the Collaboration of Theory," Stephen D. O’Leary
176 "On Passionate Reason: Controversy and the Making and Revising of Context," Ronald Walter Greene and Darrin Hicks
179 "Fallacies in a Pragama-Dialectical Perspective," Frans H. van Eemeren and Rob Grootendorst
188 "Dissent in Fallacyland, Part I: Problems with van Eemeren and Grootendorst," J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson
191 "Dissent in Fallacyland, Part II: Problems with Willard," Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair
194 "The Problem of Indirect Communication for Descriptive and Normative Models of Argumentation: Teddy Kennedy Drives off the Bridge of Chappaquiddick," Scott Jacobs
Argument in Decision-Making and Organizing
200 "Paper Training the New Leviathan: Dissensus, Rationality and Paradox in Modern Organizations," Shirley Willihnganz, Joy Hart Seibert and Charles Arthur Willard
206 "Improving Debate in Soft Systems Methodology: Collaborative Argument about Change," Gregg B. Walker and Steven E. Daniels
213 "Argument as a Determinant of Consensus and the Appropriateness of Choices in Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Discussions," Dennis S. Gouran
218 "Using Argumentative Functions to Improve Decision Quality in the Small Group," Sandra Ketrow and Beatrice Schultz
226 "The Dissatisfaction-Argument Link: An Initial Qualitative Analysis of Consumer Complaints," Renee A. Meyers and Dennis E. Garrett
Argument in Interpersonal Relationships
235 "The Effects of Taking Conflict Personally on Arguing Behavior," Dale Hample and Judith M. Dallinger
239 "Fights with Friends and Fights with Lovers: A Comparison of Topics and Maintenance Strategies," Ann House
246 "Argumentation and the Older Person: An Analysis of Unplanned Discourse," K. Jeanine Congalton and Clark D. Olson
252 "Competence Assessments of Interpersonal Argument Structures: An Observational Analysis," Daniel J. Canary and Harry Weger, Jr.
Argument, Political Realism, and Foreign Relations
260 "From Realism to Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations," Robert Hariman, Drake University; Francis A. Beer
267 "From Common Interest to Containment: The Constitutive Power of Kennan’s Long Telegram and ‘X’," Kathleen M. Farrell
271 "The End of the Cold War, and Changing Arguments about Humanitarian Military Intervention," Thomas J. Hynes, Jr.
277 "Transforming Ends to Means in Foreign Policy Rhetoric: Lessons from the Carter Administration," Carol Winkler
283 "If Somalia, Why no Bosnia?: Argument Standards for a New World Order," Cori E. Dauber
294 "Crossing the World Order divide in the Persian Gulf," G.R. Boynton and Peggy Dozark
Argument and Political Theory
299 "A Tale of False Friends: Radical Democracy and Rhetoric," Michael Weiler
304 "Prudence and the Problem of Rhetorical Effect in Postmodern American Liberalism: A Prospectus," John Louis Lucaites and Charles Taylor
Argument and the Case of Fukuyama
314 "Rendezvous at the End of History: Francis Fukuyama and Richard Rorty on Liberal-Democratic Politics," Eric M. Gander
321 "The Owl of Minerva and the New World Order," James Arnt Aune
327 "A Realist’s Apologia: Liberalism and the Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy," David Grassmick
Argument and the Public Sphere
332 ""Greed versus Hope, Self-Interest versus Community: Reinventing Argumentative Praxis in Post-Free Marketplace America," Thomas A. Hollihan, Patricia Riley and James F. Klumpp
340 "A Public Account of Private Actions: The Bush Pardons," Kevin Baaske and Jennifer Huss
345 "Incongruities in the Public/Private Sphers: Implications of the Clinton Presidential Campaign," Greg R. Miller
352 "The Hillary Factor: A First Lady Challenges the Distinction Between Public and Private Spheres," Barbara Pickering
358 "The Constitution of a Pro-Life Public through Non-violent Civil Disobedience: Operation Rescue Marches on Atlanta," Edward M Panetta
364 "Challenging Social and Communication Norms: Oppositional Argument and the Fur Controversy," Kathryn M. Olson and G. Thomas Goodnight
374 "Public Responsibility for Private Acts The Strategic Manipulation of the ‘Public’ in Political Discourse," Dale A Herbeck
Argument and Campaign Practice
379 "Genres in the Rhetorics of Political Ads," John S. Nelson
388 "’If You Want Me to be Your President’: H. Ross Perot’s Strategies of Rhetorical Transcendence," Donn W. Parson
392 "Characterological Argument in Bush’s and Clinton’s Convention Films," Bruce E. Gronbeck
398 "On Being ‘Presidential’: The Quayle-Gore Debate," Robert K. Tiemens, Dennis Alexander and Malcolm O. Sillars
Argument and the Issue of Gay Rights
405 "Public Moral Argument and the Narrative Paradigm: An Analysis of the OCA’s ‘No Special Rights’ Campaign," David Douglass
412 "’Abnormal, Wrong, Unnatural and Perverse’: A Critical Study of the Oregon Citizens Alliance Targeted Tabloids," Scott Aaron Palmer
419 "It Will Happen: Causal Argumentation in Oregon’s Ballot Measure 9 Controversy," Molly Mayhead
423 "Traditional Values: Argument Fields and Serial Arguments of the Yes On 9 Campaign," Judith k. Bowker and Robert Trapp
429 "Examining the Military’s Anti-Homosexual Policy as Value Argument," Ian Fielding
Argument and the New Racism
437 "Arguing Genes: From Jurassic Park to Baby Jessica," John Lyne
443 "Visions of Community, Arguments for Solidarity, and the Structure of the New Racist Discourse," Ronald Lee
450 "'This is Nothing more than a High Tech Massacre of Indian Culture': A. I. M. Challenges Racism at the 1991 World Series," James Todd Hayes
Argument in Specialized Contexts
455"The Political Foundations of Authority: American Scholarship in a Post-Cold War World," Philip C. Wander
461 "Public Policy Argument and Survivor Testimony: Pro-Ordinance Conservatives, Confession, Mediation and Recuperation," Catherine Helen Palczewski
468 "AIDS, Argument and Catholic Bishops: The Condom Condemnation," Victoria Nelson
476 "The Judge as a Critical Antagonist in a Legal Process: A Pragma-Dialectical Perspective," Eveling T. Feteris
481 "Effective Environmental Advocacy and the Question of ‘Hyperreality,’" Michael Bruner and Max Oelschlaeger
McKerrow, Raymie E., ed. Argument and the Postmodern Challenge. Annandale VA: Speech Communication Association, 1993.