This book is to date the first monograph-length study of the popular American political TV series House of Cards. It proposes an encompassing analysis of the first three seasons from the unusual angles of discourse and dialogue. The study of the stylistic idiosyncrasies of the ruthless main protagonist, Frank Underwood, is completed by a pragmatic and cognitive approach exposing the main characters' manipulative strategies to win over the other. Taking into account the socio-cultural context and the specificities of the TV medium, the volume focuses on the workings of interaction as...

Les traditions philosophiques et rhetoriques de l epoque antique ont alternativement aborde l usage technique du langage comme un moyen d acces au progres moral ou comme un instrument dangereux de manipulation. A l epoque classique, certains philosophes des Lumieres ont preconise une therapie du langage visant a nous rendre conscients de notre usage des mots. Plus recemment, le renouveau de la rhetorique, qu on observe depuis plusieurs decennies, semble inseparable d une reflexion ethique. Fruit d un colloque international et interdisciplinaire (Montpellier, avril 2011), cet ouvrage collectif...