Conspiracy or Incompetence? The Resolution of Inconsistencies in Discourses about Covid-19

Conspiracy or Incompetence? The Resolution of Inconsistencies in Discourses about Covid-19

This article shows that analyzing how incoherence is resolved in discourse makes it possible to identify clues revealing the “conspiracy” nature of a specific discourse and to distinguish it from a “non-conspiracy” one. It examines some of the main defining features of “conspiracism” in the scientif...

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argumentation
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conspiracy
Covid-19
incoherence
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:aad_8541 https://doi.org/10.4000/12hvg urn:doi:10.4000/12hvg en https://journals.openedition.org/aad/8541 2024-10-15T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/12hvg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Conspiracy or Incompetence? The Resolution of Inconsistencies in Discourses about Covid-19 Argumentation et analyse du discours Université de Tel-Aviv info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1565-8961 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/aad Robineau, Théophile argumentation discourse conspiracy Covid-19 incoherence This article shows that analyzing how incoherence is resolved in discourse makes it possible to identify clues revealing the “conspiracy” nature of a specific discourse and to distinguish it from a “non-conspiracy” one. It examines some of the main defining features of “conspiracism” in the scientific literature and, based on the analysis of three case studies drawn from interviews with people opposed to the French health policy during the Covid-19 crisis, shows how these features can be echoed in certain forms of resolution of incoherence in discourse. The study reveals that some elements of conspiracy rhetoric can function more as an occasional, or even opportunistic, strategy, than a total and systematic worldview.
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topic argumentation
discourse
conspiracy
Covid-19
incoherence
spellingShingle argumentation
discourse
conspiracy
Covid-19
incoherence
Robineau, Théophile
Conspiracy or Incompetence? The Resolution of Inconsistencies in Discourses about Covid-19
description This article shows that analyzing how incoherence is resolved in discourse makes it possible to identify clues revealing the “conspiracy” nature of a specific discourse and to distinguish it from a “non-conspiracy” one. It examines some of the main defining features of “conspiracism” in the scientific literature and, based on the analysis of three case studies drawn from interviews with people opposed to the French health policy during the Covid-19 crisis, shows how these features can be echoed in certain forms of resolution of incoherence in discourse. The study reveals that some elements of conspiracy rhetoric can function more as an occasional, or even opportunistic, strategy, than a total and systematic worldview.
author Robineau, Théophile
author_facet Robineau, Théophile
author_sort Robineau, Théophile
title Conspiracy or Incompetence? The Resolution of Inconsistencies in Discourses about Covid-19
title_short Conspiracy or Incompetence? The Resolution of Inconsistencies in Discourses about Covid-19
title_full Conspiracy or Incompetence? The Resolution of Inconsistencies in Discourses about Covid-19
title_fullStr Conspiracy or Incompetence? The Resolution of Inconsistencies in Discourses about Covid-19
title_full_unstemmed Conspiracy or Incompetence? The Resolution of Inconsistencies in Discourses about Covid-19
title_sort conspiracy or incompetence? the resolution of inconsistencies in discourses about covid-19
publisher Argumentation et analyse du discours
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