Acta Iadertina, Vol. 18 No. 2, 2021.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.15291/ai.3605
Pre-political Discourse and Its Features
Vinka Drezga
Abstract
Analysis of a political discourse in a country that develops democratic system upon the foundations of its totalitarian past demonstrates that folk sayings, and proverbs persist, to a certain degree, in the public communication. Given examples support the standpoint that communication mode is, among other things, driven by basic instincts/physiology that is common to both humans and animals. This discourse is pre-political in its essence as it stems from the state of nature and its force-fear dynamics. It is compatible with the Hobbesian state of nature defined as the state of permanent conflict. Discourse in the political sphere starts and ends with the basic subsistence, i.e. man’s daily struggle for survival. This discourse corresponds with a simplified worldview defined by binary formulas (affirmation – negation, good – bad, us – them, ours – theirs).
Keywords
pre-political discourse; drive to self-preservation; proverbs; natural right; improvisation; cellular imperative
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272688
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Publication date:
17.1.2022.
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