TY - JOUR AU - Laufer, Romain JF - Javnost-The Public TI - Conflict and Legitimacy in Modern Democratic Societies VL - 12 IS - 4 PY - 2005 SN - 1854-8377 PB - EURICOM UR - https://javnost-thepublic.org/article/2005/4/7/ N2 - The notion of “diplomatic attitude” in rhetoric as defined by Chaim Perelman may be associated with sophistry. However, such a bias raises the more fundamental question of a possible link between diplomatic rhetoric and sophistic, or even sophistry. Could such a link be theorised to help understand international relations? In other words, does the notion of a “sophistic rhetoric” enable us to characterise the rhetorical shape of international relations today? U1 - Print ISSN: 1318-3222 ER -