Back to programme Infinity - Friday
22.30 - 22.50 hrs | Middenschip | Friday 12 September
Silent live podcast recording
Watch a political debate, and chances are you'll encounter all kinds of rhetorical tricks designed to persuade you. How can you recognize them—and how do you avoid being swept along?
In political debates, emotions can run high, and the facts aren’t always treated with precision. What makes one politician more convincing than another? Has the role of emotion in political discourse grown with the rise of populism? What matters more: whether an argument is logically sound, or how it's delivered? And can knowledge of rhetoric help you better understand political developments in the Netherlands?
Put on your silent disco headphones, listen to the live podcast recording with Bé Breij, and view politics through the lens of a rhetoric expert.
About the speaker
Bé Breij is hoogleraar Latijnse Taal- en Letterkunde aan de Radboud Universiteit. Ze is gespecialiseerd in antieke retorica, en gebruikt haar kennis ook om taalgebruik in het hedendaagse publieke debat te analyseren. Zij is de oprichter van Peitho, het Radboud kenniscentrum voor retorica en overtuiging.