{"title":"Apocalyptic argumentation","authors":"A. Eriksson","doi":"10.1075/jaic.22007.eri","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Our time is an apocalyptic time, but the argumentation in this\n apocalyptic time has hardly been studied by scholars of argumentation. This\n article shows how both Donald Trump and the jihadist warriors of ISIS appeal to\n an apocalyptic worldview in their argumentation. The three topos of evil, time\n and authority from Stephen O’Leary’s Arguing the Apocalypse are\n used in the analysis. Both Trump supporters and jihadist warriors see themselves\n as fighting for God and their enemies as representing evil forces. For scholars\n of argumentation the role of arguments woven into narratives that become whole\n worldviews needs to be studied more thoroughly.","PeriodicalId":41908,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Argumentation in Context","volume":"37 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Argumentation in Context","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.22007.eri","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Our time is an apocalyptic time, but the argumentation in this
apocalyptic time has hardly been studied by scholars of argumentation. This
article shows how both Donald Trump and the jihadist warriors of ISIS appeal to
an apocalyptic worldview in their argumentation. The three topos of evil, time
and authority from Stephen O’Leary’s Arguing the Apocalypse are
used in the analysis. Both Trump supporters and jihadist warriors see themselves
as fighting for God and their enemies as representing evil forces. For scholars
of argumentation the role of arguments woven into narratives that become whole
worldviews needs to be studied more thoroughly.
期刊介绍：
The Journal of Argumentation in Context aims to publish high-quality papers about the role of argumentation in the various kinds of argumentative practices that have come into being in social life. These practices include, for instance, political, legal, medical, financial, commercial, academic, educational, problem-solving, and interpersonal communication. In all cases certain aspects of such practices will be analyzed from the perspective of argumentation theory with a view of gaining a better understanding of certain vital characteristics of these practices. This means that the journal has an empirical orientation and concentrates on real-life argumentation but is at the same time out to publish only papers that are informed by relevant insights from argumentation theory.
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