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Title: Technologization of Discourse: Technologization of American Foreign Policy Discourse in the Middle East in President Donald Trump’s Selected Speeches
Authors: yaseen, aysar$AAUP$Palestinian
perry, lucy$AAUP$Palestinian
Keywords: technologization, discourse, hegemony, control, discursive practices, humiliation, culture
Issue Date: 3-Jul-2019
Publisher: International Journal of English Linguistics; Vol. 9, No. 4; 2019 ISSN 1923-869X E-ISSN 1923-8703 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education
Citation: https://doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v9n4p265
Series/Report no.: ;265-274
Abstract: Discourse of the powerful is normally characterised as hegemonic since it lacks, whether consciously or unconsciously, familiarity of historical events and intrinsic knowledge of culture. President Trump’s disregard for or over-simplification of the complexities of Middle Eastern cultures in particular, their history, politics, and political geography, his belligerent and rapacious entrepreneurial rhetoric, his authoritarian stance on many global issues combined with the superficial allure of his ‘common man’ persona, and his hegemonising of many of the world’s nations make him the antithesis of the conventional politician. The process of technologization of Donald Trump’s discourse that has been influencing the discursive practices surrounding Middle East politics and American foreign policy has given rise to a type of discourse that is unprecedented in modern time American presidencies, a discourse rooted in threat, disregard, and humiliation. Trump’s disrespect to heads of states entails disrespect of their people, history, and culture, and this is prevalent in almost all his speeches. This paper focuses primarily on Trump’s rhetorical styles in his 28th September 2018 address to the UN, the May 14th 2018 address on the U.S. Embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and finally the April 13th 2018 address on the Syrian airstrikes.
URI: http://repository.aaup.edu/jspui/handle/123456789/1258
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