Haig Bosmajian
Haig Aram Bosmajian (March 26, 1928- June 17, 2014) was an author, lecturer, and professor, who received the 1983 Orwell Award for his book The Language of Oppression (1974).{{cite news|title=Haig Bosmajian Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=Haig-Aram-Bosmajian&pid=171734514|accessdate=9 August 2015|agency=The Seattle Times|date=15 July 2014}} Haig Bosmajian received a PhD in 1960 from Stanford University. His work has explored rhetoric and the freedom of speech. Bosmajian was professor emeritus at the University of Washington, in the Speech/Communications Department, where he taught since 1965. He was married for 57 years to Hamida Bosmajian, also a published author and a professor at nearby Seattle University.
"Haig Bosmajian", Sheftman.com,
September 1999, webpage:
[http://www.sheftman.com/ewrt1a/basma/index.html Sheftman-Basma].
"Department of Communication at the Univ. of Washington - News",
University of Washington, August 2005, webpage:
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Haig and Hamida Bosmajian wrote the textbook, The Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement (1969), which has been published as a student textbook to analyze strategies of rhetoric.
"CCR 751 Richardson & Jackson: African American Rhetoric(s)",
Jacqueline Jones Royster, October 2007, webpage:
[http://revasias.wordpress.com/category/ccr-751-richardson-jackson-african-american-rhetorics/ Wordpress-CCR-751].
Works
Selected works by Haig Bosmajian include:
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- Burning Books (March 2006, 233 pages) {{ISBN|0-7864-2208-4}}.
- The Freedom Not to Speak (New York, 1999, 248p.) {{ISBN|0-8147-1297-5}}.
- Metaphor and Reason in Judicial Opinions (July 1992)
- The Freedom to Publish (New York: Neal-Schuman, 1989, 230p.)
- The Freedom of Religion (First Amendment in the Classroom) (June 1987)
- Freedom to Read (April 1987)
- Censorship, Libraries, and the Law (1983)
- The Language of Oppression (1974)
- The Principles and Practice of Freedom of Speech (1971)
- Dissent, Symbolic Behavior and Rhetorical Strategies
- Readings in speech (1965)
- "The Communist Manifesto: Critical Essay"
- "Lying to the People", Western Journal of Speech Communication, Fall 1991.
- "Dehumanizing People and Euphemizing War", Christian Century, December 5, 1984.
Notes
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References
- "Haig Bosmajian", September 1999, Shefman.com, webpage: [http://www.sheftman.com/ewrt1a/basma/index.html Sheftman-Basma].
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070823112602/http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1442 "Dehumanizing People and Euphemizing War"] (essay), Haig Bosmajian, Christian Century, December 5, 1984, p. 1147.
- "The Freedom Not to Speak - Google Books Result", Google Books, webpage: [https://books.google.com/books?id=I_qGBdc27MMC&q=Bosmajian+%22The+Freedom+Not+to+Speak%22 Books-Google-FNS-front].
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