Vasileios Adamidis
Biographic Data
| ID | 4248592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vasileios Adamidis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vasileios |
| FAMILY NAME | Adamidis |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMIDIS V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nottingham Trent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6347-5327 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“March to the People”
This article analyses Alexis Tsipras’ rhetoric during Syriza’s 2022–2023 election campaign, focusing on the use of populist themes to mobilise support and structure political conflict. Employing a mixed-method approach that combines quantitative frequency analysis with qualitative discourse analysis, the study examines the presence of anti-elitism, people-centrism, and moral binaries in Tsipras’ discourse. It finds that political opposition is fr…
The Failed (?) Rhetoric of Socrates – Identification, Non-conformity, and Subtle Criticism of the Court in Plato’s Apology of Socrates
This paper examines the rhetoric used by Socrates in Plato's Apology through the lens of Social Identity Theory and Burke’s concept of identification. Considering rhetoric as the art of persuasion through the orator’s invocation of shared group identity with the audience, the analysis explores the extent to which Socrates aligned himself with widely accepted conventional norms, values, and beliefs to establish rapport with the dicasts. Remaining …
Mind the Audience
This paper highlights the importance of an audience-centric approach in the study of Athenian forensic rhetoric and leverages insights from Social Identity Theory and Burke's concept of 'identification' to examine courtroom speeches. Litigants, perceiving the Athenian dikastai as a distinct group marked by a salient social identity, rhetorically employed the group's prototypes, norms, and interests to establish their identification—and underscore…
Democracy, populism, and the rule of law
Popular sovereignty plays a central role in both the democratic and the populist ideology. While democracy’s version of qualified sovereignty is accepted as mutually constitutive with the rule of law, populism’s version of absolute sovereignty is seen as incompatible with this ideal. The article reconsiders this oversimplifying approach. By examining the interaction of these concepts with a nuanced account of the rule of law, it argues for the co…
Populism and the Rule of Recognition
By reference to legal positivism and Hart’s Concept of Law, the paper argues that populism targets and aims to reconstruct the democratic rule of recognition. In particular, populism exploits the ambiguities in the nature of this social rule, by advocating the extension of the group whose consensus determines the criteria of legal validity from the restricted sphere of judges and officials, to the people at large. Populism instrumentalises the fu…
Populist Rhetorical Strategies in the Courts of Classical Athens
The elusive populist phenomenon has been the focus of numerous studies in recent years, with the reliance of populism on divisive and aggressive rhetoric being acknowledged. The paper aims to apply these findings to the Athenian forensic rhetoric and identify manifestations of populist rhetoric in the antagonistic arena of Athenian courts. By reference to the most ‘political’ of public trials, namely the indictments against inexpedient laws and i…
The Relevance of Liturgies in the Courts of Classical Athens
What was the function of classical Athenian courts? Did they intend to enforce the rule of law? The greatest obstacle to accepting an affirmative answer is the wide use of, at first sight and from a modern (sometimes anachronistic) perspective, remotely relevant argumentation by litigants. In this paper, by reference to Greek ideas of personality, I analyse and demonstrate the legal relevance of extra-legal argumentation in classical Athenian cou…
Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens
Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens
There has been much debate in scholarship over the factors determining the outcome of legal hearings in classical Athens. Specifically, there is divergence regarding the extent to which judicial panels were influenced by non-legal considerations in addition to, or even instead of, questions of law. Ancient rhetorical theory and practice devoted much attention to character and it is this aspect of Athenian law which forms the focus of this book. C…
Democracy, populism, and the rule of law
Popular sovereignty plays a central role in both the democratic and the populist ideology. While democracy’s version of qualified sovereignty is accepted as mutually constitutive with the rule of law, populism’s version of absolute sovereignty is seen as incompatible with this ideal. The article reconsiders this oversimplifying approach. By examining the interaction of these concepts with a nuanced account of the rule of law, it argues for the co…
Populism and the Rule of Recognition
By reference to legal positivism and Hart’s Concept of Law, the paper argues that populism targets and aims to reconstruct the democratic rule of recognition. In particular, populism exploits the ambiguities in the nature of this social rule, by advocating the extension of the group whose consensus determines the criteria of legal validity from the restricted sphere of judges and officials, to the people at large. Populism instrumentalises the fu…
Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens
Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens
There has been much debate in scholarship over the factors determining the outcome of legal hearings in classical Athens. Specifically, there is divergence regarding the extent to which judicial panels were influenced by non-legal considerations in addition to, or even instead of, questions of law. Ancient rhetorical theory and practice devoted much attention to character and it is this aspect of Athenian law which forms the focus of this book. C…
The Relevance of Liturgies in the Courts of Classical Athens
What was the function of classical Athenian courts? Did they intend to enforce the rule of law? The greatest obstacle to accepting an affirmative answer is the wide use of, at first sight and from a modern (sometimes anachronistic) perspective, remotely relevant argumentation by litigants. In this paper, by reference to Greek ideas of personality, I analyse and demonstrate the legal relevance of extra-legal argumentation in classical Athenian cou…
Populist Rhetorical Strategies in the Courts of Classical Athens
The elusive populist phenomenon has been the focus of numerous studies in recent years, with the reliance of populism on divisive and aggressive rhetoric being acknowledged. The paper aims to apply these findings to the Athenian forensic rhetoric and identify manifestations of populist rhetoric in the antagonistic arena of Athenian courts. By reference to the most ‘political’ of public trials, namely the indictments against inexpedient laws and i…
Populism and the Rule of Recognition
By reference to legal positivism and Hart’s Concept of Law, the paper argues that populism targets and aims to reconstruct the democratic rule of recognition. In particular, populism exploits the ambiguities in the nature of this social rule, by advocating the extension of the group whose consensus determines the criteria of legal validity from the restricted sphere of judges and officials, to the people at large. Populism instrumentalises the fu…
Mind the Audience
This paper highlights the importance of an audience-centric approach in the study of Athenian forensic rhetoric and leverages insights from Social Identity Theory and Burke's concept of 'identification' to examine courtroom speeches. Litigants, perceiving the Athenian dikastai as a distinct group marked by a salient social identity, rhetorically employed the group's prototypes, norms, and interests to establish their identification—and underscore…
Democracy, populism, and the rule of law
Popular sovereignty plays a central role in both the democratic and the populist ideology. While democracy’s version of qualified sovereignty is accepted as mutually constitutive with the rule of law, populism’s version of absolute sovereignty is seen as incompatible with this ideal. The article reconsiders this oversimplifying approach. By examining the interaction of these concepts with a nuanced account of the rule of law, it argues for the co…
The Failed (?) Rhetoric of Socrates – Identification, Non-conformity, and Subtle Criticism of the Court in Plato’s Apology of Socrates
This paper examines the rhetoric used by Socrates in Plato's Apology through the lens of Social Identity Theory and Burke’s concept of identification. Considering rhetoric as the art of persuasion through the orator’s invocation of shared group identity with the audience, the analysis explores the extent to which Socrates aligned himself with widely accepted conventional norms, values, and beliefs to establish rapport with the dicasts. Remaining …
“March to the People”
This article analyses Alexis Tsipras’ rhetoric during Syriza’s 2022–2023 election campaign, focusing on the use of populist themes to mobilise support and structure political conflict. Employing a mixed-method approach that combines quantitative frequency analysis with qualitative discourse analysis, the study examines the presence of anti-elitism, people-centrism, and moral binaries in Tsipras’ discourse. It finds that political opposition is fr…
Political science (6 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Rhetoric (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)