Everything about Polemic totally explained
Polemics is the practice of disputing or controverting
religious,
philosophical, or
political matters. As such, a polemic text on a topic is often written specifically to dispute or refute a position or theory that's widely viewed to be beyond reproach.
The
antonym of a polemic source is an
apologia.
Polemic journalism was common in continental Europe when libel laws weren't stringent. The Research Support Libraries Programme "Pamphlet and polemic: pamphlets as a guide to the controversies of the 17th-19th centuries", co-managed by the
University of St. Andrews, the
University of Aberdeen, and
University of Wales Lampeter, collected and placed thousands of pamphlets on-line as a study of polemic rhetoric of that era. There are other meanings of the word as well. Polemic is also a branch of
theology, pertaining to the history or conduct of
ecclesiastical controversy.
The word is derived from the Greek word
polemikos (πολεμικως) which means "warlike", "hostile".
Plato uses a character named
Polemarchus in his dialogue
Republic as a vehicle to drive forward an ethical debate.
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