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TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking topos in the discourse historical approach
T2 - Endoxon seeking and argumentation in Greek media discourses on ‘Islamist terrorism’
AU - Boukala, Salomi
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - The concept of topos(oi) has received considerable attention from both argumentation and discourse studies, although its usage and meaning remain obscure. In this article, I argue that the rediscovery of Aristotelian thought might provide a comprehensible explication of topos. Despite the discourse historical approach’s (DHA) emphasis on topos, its context is found to be limited and this exposes the argumentation strategies of the DHA to criticism. To overcome any shortcomings and provide a better understanding of topos, a classical approach to the concept is suggested, derived from Aristotle’s rhetoric and dialectic. By focusing on Greek media discourses on ‘Islamist terrorism’, I seek to illustrate the synthesis between the DHA’s argumentation strategies and Aristotelian topos as a fruitful analytical and theoretical tool.
AB - The concept of topos(oi) has received considerable attention from both argumentation and discourse studies, although its usage and meaning remain obscure. In this article, I argue that the rediscovery of Aristotelian thought might provide a comprehensible explication of topos. Despite the discourse historical approach’s (DHA) emphasis on topos, its context is found to be limited and this exposes the argumentation strategies of the DHA to criticism. To overcome any shortcomings and provide a better understanding of topos, a classical approach to the concept is suggested, derived from Aristotle’s rhetoric and dialectic. By focusing on Greek media discourses on ‘Islamist terrorism’, I seek to illustrate the synthesis between the DHA’s argumentation strategies and Aristotelian topos as a fruitful analytical and theoretical tool.
KW - Argumentation
KW - Aristotle
KW - dialectic
KW - discourse historical approach
KW - Greek media discourses
KW - Islamist terrorism
KW - recontextualisation
KW - rhetoric
KW - topoi
KW - topos
U2 - 10.1177/1461445616634550
DO - 10.1177/1461445616634550
M3 - Journal article
VL - 18
SP - 249
EP - 268
JO - Discourse Studies
JF - Discourse Studies
SN - 1461-4456
IS - 3
ER -