DISCOURSES AND CONFLICTS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARGUMENT OF SOCIAL ANTAGONISMS IN CAMEROON Cover Image

DISCOURS ET CONFLITS : LA CONSTRUCTION DE L’ARGUMENTATION DES ANTAGONISMES SOCIAUX AU CAMEROUN
DISCOURSES AND CONFLICTS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARGUMENT OF SOCIAL ANTAGONISMS IN CAMEROON

Author(s): Louis-Marie Kakdeu
Subject(s): Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Identity; discourse; antagonism; conflict; argumentation;

Summary/Abstract: This article answers the question of how social antagonisms are constructed in political discourse in Cameroon. He studies the types of arguments that emerge from the Discourse/Conflict dichotomy, and adopts a populist perspective that manifests in the articulation of meaning and identity (the We and the Not-We). By relying on three methods of data collection (participant observation, documentation and qualitative interview), it arrives at the result that the positioning of political opponents is materialized by the propensity to propel the articulation of their social identity.

  • Issue Year: 65/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 135-151
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: French