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Harold G. Barrett Professor of Speech Communication A.B., 1949, M.A., 1952, University of the Pacific; Ph.D., 1962, University of Oregon. Emeritus, 1992 Harold Barrett is an American writer, rhetorician and Professor of Speech Communication at California State University. One his most famous works is Rhetoric and Civility Human Development, Narcissism, and the Good Audience, published in 1991. The book deals with the concept of civility and rhetorical disposition and incivility to indisposition. Barrett discusses classical rhetorical theory and interprets it for use in all interactions, exploring origins in infancy of the rhetorical disposition and the rhetorical indisposition. Barrett provides four case-study chapters of the lives of individuals illustrating unhealthy narcissism and rhetorical failure -- Jim Jones, Joseph McCarthy, Paul Morel, and Tiberius Gracchus. These cases illustrate how unfavorable narcissism can give adverse direction to the rhetorical imperative and lead to problems in relationships. Barrett offers a rhetorical corrective