Argumentation Strategies of Joaquín Lavín and the Construction of a New Discoursive Ethos in Chilean Politics

Authors

  • Juan Pablo Sáez Universidad de Paris II

Abstract

During the 1999 Chilean Presidential Election, the political discourse of Joaquin Lavín, right-wing candidate and UDI party activist, was characterized by an extreme simplification of content and the construction of a narrative using information implicitly.   This discourse separates the image of a Pinochet submissive to public judgment from the authoritarian legacy of his regimen and, among other things, was characterized by the permanent criticism of the political parties.

Keywords:

political discourse, argumentation, doxa, ethos discursive