Philosophy as a strategic weapon in reagan's fundamentalist rhetoric : case study : the evil empire speech (March 08th, 1983)‎

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This study discusses the philosophical implications of Reagan's Evil Empire Speech.

Several researchers made much emphasis on its political background.

However, the present article approaches the speech differently; it discerns its philosophical background from an epistemological perspective.

For this, this study uses the historical criticism method and epistemological analysis to define the philosophical ideals in Reagan's EES.

Henceforth, it demonstrated that the Reagan address implied philosophical background of the 18th century.

It concludes that Reagan's psychological warfare rhetorical strategies against the USSR implied a set of philosophical principles that are imports from European rational metaphysics.