Persuasion Versus Manipulation: The Input of Pragmatics and C.D.A.

Mounir Triki

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Persuasion Versus Manipulation: The Input of Pragmatics and C.D.A.

Mounir Triki

Published in Arabic Language, Literature & Culture (Volume 6, Issue 4)

Received: 30 August 2021 Accepted: 17 September 2021 Published: 24 November 2021

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Considering the pervasiveness of manipulation, and the widespread fallacy about its presumed unidirectional agency attributed to the manipulator acting on a passive manipulated person, the paper offers a theoretical discussion that advocates the necessity of fine-tuning various shades of persuasion vs manipulation placed on a cline. To this effect, the paper proffers a critical review of the various typologies on manipulation. Based on this theoretical discussion, and in addition to the time-honored rhetorical vantage point, the paper spells out some pragmatic factors to take into account when tackling manipulation, the ethical dimension of manipulation from a C.D.A. perspective, qualifying it as illegitimate control, the inherent vagueness of the term, its connection with deception from a Forensic Linguistic perspective, and a shift in focus towards the effects of manipulation from a Media Effects perspective. Thus, the deconstruction of manipulation is inevitably interdisciplinary as it is at the cross-roads of all these perspectives. In view of the complexity of the issue and its various manifestations, its analysis can only be thick.

Published in	Arabic Language, Literature & Culture (Volume 6, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.allc.20210604.11
Page(s)	77-81
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Persuasion, Manipulation, Coercion, Deception, Power, Control, Agency, Influence

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