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INTERVIEW. Yana Grinshpun, linguist, has just published an essay on contemporary propagandist discourse. Illuminating.
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Ihere are some of those books that enlighten the world. The factory of contemporary propagandist discourses (L’Harmattan editions, 2023) belongs to this register. Yana Grinshpun, lecturer in French linguistics, analyzes in this scholarly essay the way in which new discourses aimed at indoctrinating the crowds are constructed, illustrated by examples linked to current events. Interview with the author.
Point : You have just published a book on propagandist speeches. How do you define “propaganda” ?
Yana Grinshpun: Propaganda is a set of practices that seek to propagate certain ideas, opinions or representations by encouraging people to adhere to them without sharing. These practices are very diverse, but they have the same objectives: to homogenize opinions…