Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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What's the point of polemics ?

The sources of public controversy : the case of " irregular migratory flows " (August 2021)

Based on an analysis of the polemics triggered by the mention of "irregular migratory flows" in the presidential address of August 26, 2021, we will examine how antagonistic modes of reasoning are deployed in a pluralistic public space. What are the motivations (logical, ideological, ethical, political, group-based, etc.) behind this confrontation, and what can we learn from a study of the alternative logics on which it feeds?

Speaker(s)

Ruth Amossy

Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Laboratory of Discourse Analysis, Argumentation and Rhetoric (ADARR)