The rhetoric of public opinion

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Published: Oct 23, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2009.6.41825

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Fernando Ayala Blanco
Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM

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This article is a reflection on public opinion concept, revealing its philosophical and theoretical sources. The objective is to analyze this concept in light of the links that keep the rhetoric and argumentation theory. To this end a distinction among doxa, episteme and aletheia is needed. We conclude that in every society supported by views there will always be tensions and contradictions in such a way that public opinion will serve to deter or suppress individual thought.

This article is a reflection on public opinion concept, revealing its philosophical and theoretical sources. The objective is to analyze this concept in light of the links that keep the rhetoric and argumentation theory. To this end a distinction among doxa, episteme and aletheia is needed. We conclude that in every society supported by views there will always be tensions and contradictions in such a way that public opinion will serve to deter or suppress individual thought.

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Ayala Blanco, F. (2013). The rhetoric of public opinion. Revista Mexicana De Opinión Pública, (6). https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2009.6.41825
Author Biography

Fernando Ayala Blanco, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM

Degree in political sciences and Public Administration (FCPyS, UNAM); Master in Political Science (FCPyS, UNAM) and Doctor of Political and Social Sciences (FCPyS, UNAM). He is Professor Titular "A" final full time, part of the Centro de Estudios Políticos de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales at the UNAM; also belongs to the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, Level I.
Some of his most recent books are: El arte de la política (2006) y Arte y poder. Una mirada artística al fenómeno del poder(2008). ayalafernando80@hotmail.com 
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