Deux siécles de rhétorique réactionnaire

Abstract

In his 1991 book that was also a personal contribution to progressivism, Albert O. Hirschman details the various rhetorical devices which conservatives have used to prevent progressive reforms. Hirschman traces the use and the intellectual origins of three rhetoric patterns, perversity, futility and jeopardy, back to the 18th century. Moreover he highlights the fact that progressive speech is not immune to this phenomenon and thereby suggests ways to improve the quality of public debate in democratic societies.

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