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Revolution, struggle, resistance and the people: rhetoric markers of the 60's

The 60's were marked by intense political activism and military rebellious of youth groups mobilized by radical ideas aimed at modifying the societies of their countries. These actions were accompanied by numerous public manifestos. This study examined 25 of these communiqué. There were selected through wordle the entries with higher frequency and through cultoromics there were evaluated the use of these terms in the English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese and Hebrew literatures in the period from 1800 to 2000. It can be seen in the resulting graphs the rhetorical differences of these linguistic traditions. It becomes also clear the discrepancy between the political rhetoric of those groups of students and mainstream cultural traditions of the 60's and on.

Rhetoric; The 60's; Discourse; Political Communication


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