Contribution in an anthology

Appeared in: Handbuch Politische Rhetorik

Editor list: Burkhardt, Armin

Publication year: 2019

Pages: 689-712

ISBN: 978-3-11-033130-1

eISBN: 978-3-11-033151-6

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110331516-033

Title of series: Handbücher Rhetorik

Number in series: 10

Abstract: 

The present chapter deals with forms and aspects of polemics in the realm of political communication. In addition, the relationship of polemics to irony is discussed. In the first place, a wider and a narrower notion of polemics will be introduced. Then, “polemics” is conceptualized within a functional, action-theoretical perspective. Furthermore, different aspects of polemics in the political sphere and in relation to pragmatic parameters and aspects of media use are discussed. It is shown that “polemics” is not a clear-cut notion, it is rather a notion that serves as a means of argument with regard to the question: what is “allowed” or not in controversial settings? Moreover, aspects of the diversity of forms of polemics and the question of linguistic strategies and means are dealt with.

Harvard Citation style: Gloning, T. (2019) Polemik und Ironie, in Burkhardt, A. (ed.) Handbuch Politische Rhetorik. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 689-712. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110331516-033

APA Citation style: Gloning, T. (2019). Polemik und Ironie. In Burkhardt, A. (Ed.), Handbuch Politische Rhetorik (pp. 689-712). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110331516-033