Jul 18, 2026 | Essays, Non-Fiction |
Negotiating Power Relations through (In)DirectQuestions and Answers Design in Ethno-political Interviews Political Condemnations and Moral Scripts Condemnations are an integral rhetorical resource of epideictic rhetoric, the rhetoric of praise and blame, which...
Nov 20, 2021 | Essays, Non-Fiction |
The cliche is blamed for spoiling language and style. While this may be true, its destructive power is much more profound. The cliche blurs the difference between truth and untruth. If it were not for cliches, there wouldn’t be demagogues and public lies, and it...
Apr 8, 2008 | Essays, Non-Fiction |
Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
