Philippe-Joseph Salazar

Philippe-Joseph Salazar c_Sarah Ripart

Philippe-Joseph Salazar (born in 1955 in Casablanca, Morocco) studied Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris with his teachers including Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes and Emmanuel Levinas. His works on political reconciliation have made him internationally famous. From 1998 to 2004 he was the Programme Director for Rhetoric and Democracy at the prestigious Collège International de Philosophie ‎in Paris. Since 2004 he has been Professor for Rhetoric at the University of Cape Town. ‎In 2015 he received the prestigious Prix Bristol des Lumières for Paroles Armées, on the language of terror.

Publications (a selection):
Blabla République: Au verbe, citoyens! Paris 2017
Paroles Armées. Comprendre et Combattre la Propagande Terroriste. Paris 2015
Paroles de Leaders. Décrypter le discours des puissants. Paris 2011