When group representations serve social change: the speeches of Patrice Lumumba during the decolonization of Congo
This article examines how group representations can be used strategically to induce social change. The speeches delivered by Patrice Lumumba during the decolonization of the Belgian Congo were analysed using the content analysis software ALCESTE. Lumumba used radically different descriptions of Belgians and Congolese depending on the period during which the speech was delivered and on the audience he was addressing (Congolese or Belgian). When addressing Belgians, he described their countrymen as benevolent allies who could assist the development of Congo, and the Congolese as pacific and frie... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Schlagwörter: | Psychologie sociale / Belgium / Colonialism / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Humans / Persuasive Communication / Politics / Psychology / Social / Semantics / Social Change / Social Identification / Speech / Stereotyping / Political discourse / Social identity / Congo / Collective action |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28538820 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/31304 |