Chapter 2. The Paks Pact
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Dorottya Egres
Abstract
Hungary’s only nuclear power plant in Paks can operate until the 2030s which prompted a discussion about an expansion. The first section of this paper identifies the eight most common topoi of the expansion: economy, finance, energy supply, safety, environment, legality, ethics and relationship with Russia. Topoi are considered subject-matters of argumentation with which participants of a controversy convey their standpoints. In the second section, topos analysis is used to explore the argumentation of two political bodies, an environmental protectionist organization and two scientific institutions. Results show that the argumentation style of the examined actors differ in the openness of their standpoints, in their calls to action and the frequency of the employed topoi.
Abstract
Hungary’s only nuclear power plant in Paks can operate until the 2030s which prompted a discussion about an expansion. The first section of this paper identifies the eight most common topoi of the expansion: economy, finance, energy supply, safety, environment, legality, ethics and relationship with Russia. Topoi are considered subject-matters of argumentation with which participants of a controversy convey their standpoints. In the second section, topos analysis is used to explore the argumentation of two political bodies, an environmental protectionist organization and two scientific institutions. Results show that the argumentation style of the examined actors differ in the openness of their standpoints, in their calls to action and the frequency of the employed topoi.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction. Crossing borderlines 1
- Chapter 1. Controversies in public and private on-line communication 5
- Chapter 2. The Paks Pact 29
- Chapter 3. Particularist understanding of CSR marketing visual arguments 53
- Chapter 4. Cognitive science and the controversy of anthropogenic climate change 75
- Chapter 5. ELEna 95
- Chapter 6. What is the meaning of biodiversity? 115
- Chapter 7. Human evolution 133
- Chapter 8. A historical controversy about politeness and public argument 155
- Chapter 9. Husserl’s phenomenology of inner time-consciousness and enactivism 177
- Chapter 10. Controversial images 199
- Chapter 11. The role and the impact of interdisciplinarity on the relational models of intervention in the doctor-patient communication 217
- Chapter 12. The pointer finger and the pilgrim shell 235
- Chapter 13. Science and democracy 255
- About the contributors 269
- Index 277
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction. Crossing borderlines 1
- Chapter 1. Controversies in public and private on-line communication 5
- Chapter 2. The Paks Pact 29
- Chapter 3. Particularist understanding of CSR marketing visual arguments 53
- Chapter 4. Cognitive science and the controversy of anthropogenic climate change 75
- Chapter 5. ELEna 95
- Chapter 6. What is the meaning of biodiversity? 115
- Chapter 7. Human evolution 133
- Chapter 8. A historical controversy about politeness and public argument 155
- Chapter 9. Husserl’s phenomenology of inner time-consciousness and enactivism 177
- Chapter 10. Controversial images 199
- Chapter 11. The role and the impact of interdisciplinarity on the relational models of intervention in the doctor-patient communication 217
- Chapter 12. The pointer finger and the pilgrim shell 235
- Chapter 13. Science and democracy 255
- About the contributors 269
- Index 277
