Author Archives: Ryan Skinnell

In March 1966, rhetoric and communication scholar Haig A. Bosmajian published an article in ETC.: A Review of General Semantics called, “The Magic Word in Nazi Persuasion.” In the article, Bosmajian wrote about how Adolf Hitler and other prominent Nazis realized very early on that, while they needed terror, violence, and intimidation to gain andContinue reading “Nazi “Science” and Jewish “Genius””

“Perhaps even more implausibly, Timothy Snyder argues that bureaucracy can save lives. In his history of the Holocaust, Snyder argues that where sovereign states and bureaucracies remained strong, Hitler’s Final Solution was the least effective. ‘Many of the things that make bureaucracies annoying in daily life,’ he writes, ‘could and did mean survival for Jews.’”Continue reading “Univ. of Colorado Press Blog: “Why It Is Worth Reconsidering the Common Sense about Bureaucracy ” (Jun. 8, 2016)”

Resources, links, and citations to materials about rhetoric, Hitler, and/or fascist rhetoric. This is a collection of materials that have been useful for my research. It is not even close to comprehensive and has no pretensions to be. Rhetoric      Hitler’s Rhetoric      Fascist Rhetoric  Continue reading “Resources”