Irredentist Claim-Making: Legitimation Warrants for Possessive Statism in Vladimir Putin’s War Rhetoric

Author(s):
Keremidchieva, Zornitsa D.
Editor(s):
Boogaart, Ronny; Garssen, Bart; Jansen, Henrike; Van Leeuwen, Maarten; Pilgram, Roosmaryn; Reuneker, Alex
Published
2024
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

A source of significant tensions, irredentist claims are a form of strategic political argumentation by which a state claims territory from across its borders by laying claim to the people who inhabit those areas. Through a rhetorical analysis of statements by President Vladimir Putin which extended irredentist claims in the days leading to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this paper explores irredentism as a mode of claim making that bridges local with global argumentative contexts.

global governanceinternationalirredentismlegitimacylegitimation warrantmultipolarityrelationsRussia-Ukrainian warpossessive statism
Date issued
2024
Language
English
Is part of
Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (2024), p. 490-500
hdl
1887/4107829

Conference

Meeting name
10th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA 2023)
Meeting location
Leiden, The Netherlands
Meeting date
2023-07-04 - 2023-07-07