Robert Hariman (born June 17, 1951) is an American scholar of

rhetoric Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate par ...

and public culture. He received his BA from

Macalester College Macalester College () is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 2,174 students in the fall of 2018 from 50 U.S. states, four U.S te ...

in 1973, and received his MA in 1975 and PhD in 1979 from the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

. He was a member of the faculty at

Drake University Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, law, and pharmacy. Drake's law school is among the 25 oldest in the United States. Hist ...

from 1979 to 2004, and since then has been a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

. He also served as department chair at both institutions.

Research/Scholarship

Hariman’s scholarship focuses on political judgment, public culture, the history of rhetoric, and the role of

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is emplo ...

in liberal-democratic societies. His publications span several disciplines and include translations in

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

and Chinese. His editorial work includes co-editing ''Studies in Rhetoric and Culture'' (Berghahn). Hariman also co-created “No Caption Needed,” a blog dedicated to

photojournalism Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...

, politics, and culture, which he writes with

John Lucaites John Louis Lucaites (born 1952) is an American academic. He is a professor emeritus of rhetoric and public culture at Indiana University. In 2012, Lucaites was appointed as associate dean for arts and humanities and undergraduate education at Indi ...

. His collaboration with Lucaites also includes two books: ''No Caption Needed'' and ''The Public Image''.

Publications

Books: * ''Popular Trials: Rhetoric, Mass Media, and the Law'' (1990) * ''Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations'' (1996), co-edited with Francis A. Beer * ''Prudence: Classical Virtue, Postmodern Practice'' (2003) * ''Political Style: The Artistry of Power'' (1995), translated into French by Laurent Bury, ''Le Pouvoir est une question de style: Rhétoriques du politique'' (2009) * ''No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy'' (2007), co-authored with John Louis Lucaites * ''Culture, Catastrophe, and Rhetoric: The Texture of Political Action'' (2015), Studies in Rhetoric Culture, vol. 7, co-edited with Ralph Cintron * ''The Public Image: Photography and Civic Spectatorship'' (2016), co-authored with John Louis Lucaites Selected Essays: * “Political Parody and Public Culture,” ''Quarterly Journal of Speech'' 94.3 (2008): 247-272 * Seeing the Stranger in the Mirror: Everyday Life in Magnum’s Public World,” in ''Reading Magnum: A Visual Archive of the Modern World'', edited by Steven Hoelscher (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013), 246-265 * “What is a Chiasmus? Or, Why the Abyss Stares Back,” in ''Chiasmus and Culture'', edited by Boris Wiseman and Anthony Paul (Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2014), 45-68 * “Watching War Evolve: Photojournalism and New Forms of Violence,” in ''The Violence of the Image: Photography and International Conflict'', edited by Liam Kennedy and Caitlin Patrick (London: I.B. Tauris, 2104), 139-163 Blog: * www.nocaptionneeded.com, co-authored with

(Included in “10 of the Best Photo Blogs,” ''British Journal of Photography''); cross-posts periodically at Reading The Pictures

References

External links

* http://www.nocaptionneeded.com/ * http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo5059224.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Hariman, Robert Living people Northwestern University faculty University of Minnesota alumni Macalester College alumni 1951 births