de l’argument ad hominem dans les débat politique français Le cas du débat de l’entre deux-tours de l’élection présidentielle de 2012 entre Nicolas Sarkozy et François Holland

On the Ad Hominem Argument in French Political Debate: The Case of the Runoff Debate of the 2012 Presidential Election Between Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande

Abstract

This article focuses on the face-to-face analysis between François Hollande (now FH) and Nicolas Sarkozy (NS), during the French election that took place on May 2, 2012. This study will guide us to analyze how presidential candidates multiply their argumentative strategies of paralogism deployed to reach the end of their arguments to convince the audience during the interaction in this debate and encourage them to adhere to their theses. Among these strategies, the argument ad hominem, often recognized as less correct or even misleading used to attack the opponent by any kind of intimidation through the defects of his personality, to consolidate his plea or reinvest as against argument. The aim of this study is to analyze the different ad hominem arguments and evaluate them in the speeches of the two candidates during this decisive debate before the 2nd final round.