学会理事赛拉泽教授荣获法国布里斯托尔启蒙奖

        2015年11月12日，南非开普敦大学菲利普•约瑟夫•赛拉泽（Philippe- Joseph Salazar）教授在法国巴黎荣获“布里斯托尔启蒙奖”。
    赛拉泽现任南非开普敦大学杰出教授、修辞学研究中心主任、全球修辞学会理事、视觉传播学会副会长。其获奖著作为《恐怖主义修辞学》（«Paroles armées», “Rhetoric of Terrorism”， Lemieux Editeur, Paris, 2015）。该书阐述了伊斯兰恐怖主义修辞理论，从东西方视角详细分析了伊斯兰国（ISIS）的恐怖主义修辞现象及其宣传和传播策略，并提出了相应对策。
        布里斯托尔奖是法国最负盛名的非小说类严肃作品奖，旨在奖励政治学或社会学领域的法语作者，以激励他们的当代思想创新及其对十八世纪人文主义精神的坚守。
    每年一度的颁奖盛典在巴黎布里斯托尔豪华宾馆举行。颁奖仪式由世界级经济学家雅克•阿塔里（Jacques Attali）主持。多位哲学家、作家、公共知识分子、传媒界名流等出席并担任颁奖嘉宾。
        颁奖仪式结束后数小时，巴黎发生了恐怖袭击。该书和赛拉泽也因此成为媒体关注焦点。许多国家媒体的特刊、号外以及法国国家危机广播中心、国际广播电视台等，在封面或头版对此给予了关注。该书被誉为“9•11以来论述恐怖主义最好的书”、“记者和军事工作者的必读之书”，它以其“独到”的方式预言了巴黎恐怖袭击事件。该书正在进行第四印刷，新版也将会在2016年元月面世。

（全球修辞学会秘书处 译介）

Philippe- Joseph Salazar Won “Prix Bristol des Lumières” in France

Philippe- Joseph Salazar was awarded on 12 November in Paris the most prestigious French prize for serious non-fiction "Prix Bristol des Lumières”  (Bristol Prize of the Enlightenment).

The Bristol prize celebrates the author of a political or social essay written in French which promotes a new and even polemical idea concerning the present times in keeping with the spirit and humanism of the 18th century.

The Award was made in Paris at Luxury Hotel Le Bristol which hosts this exceptional yearly literary prize. The jury consists of philosophers, major media personalities, writers and public intellectual, and is presided by leading world economist Jacques Attali.

Salazar received the award for his book Paroles armées. Comprendre et combattre la propagande terroriste (Armed Speech. How to understand and combat terrorist propaganda) (Lemieux Editeur, Paris, 2015 ). The book offers a detailed analysis of the rhetoric, propaganda and strategic communication of the Islamic State, also known as ISIL, or Caliphate.

The terrible Paris terror attack took place a few hours after the award, and resulted in the book and Salazar being thrown into the limelight, on front page of special issues newspapers, emergency crisis national radio and international television broadcasts. The book has been held as “the best book written on terrorism since 9/11”, “ a must-read for journalists and the military”, and “unique” in its approach, as well prophetic with regard to events.

The book is now in its fourth printing, and a new updated edition is to appear early in January.

(http://www.web-tv-culture.com/prix-bristol-des-lumieres-841.html; http://www.lemieux-editeur.fr/Paroles-armees.html)