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Dissuasion as a Rhetorical Technique of Creating a General Disposition to Inaction

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In this paper, it is argued that the classical rhetorical framework undergoes a transformation because of an important change in Western thought. Following this hypothesis, I analyze a rhetorical notion of “dissuasion” as a rhetorical technique of creating a “general disposition to inaction” in addition to a classical rhetorical notion of “dissuasion” that aims at “refraining from an action”.

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    Emmanuelle Danblon

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Danblon, E. Dissuasion as a Rhetorical Technique of Creating a General Disposition to Inaction. Argumentation 23, 1–9 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-008-9108-9

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