Dictadores de Diccionario: la Batalla por el Lenguaje en la Era de la Posverdad

Douglas C. Ramírez Vera

Resumen


El lenguaje, más que un medio de comunicación, es un instrumento de control ideológico y transformación social. Este ensayo examina cómo las estructuras de poder manipulan el lenguaje para moldear percepciones y limitar la crítica, desde la hegemonía cultural de Gramsci hasta el neolenguaje digital y el vaciamiento semántico. También destaca la importancia del lenguaje en la configuración de la realidad, apoyándose en la hipótesis de Sapir-Whorf, y la paradoja contemporánea de la riqueza de canales lingüísticos frente al empobrecimiento semántico. En conclusión, el lenguaje no es neutral; es un campo de lucha cultural que define lo pensable y lo posible. Su defensa frente a la manipulación es esencial para preservar sociedades críticas, democráticas y libres, mientras las comunidades subalternas aportan esperanza al mantener viva su capacidad regenerativa

RECIBIDO: 01/05/2025
ACEPTADO: 09/06/2025


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Control ideológico; relativización lingüística; hegemonía cultural; manipulación semántica; hipótesis de Sapir-Whorf; neolenguaje digital; terrorismo semántico; democracia y lenguaje

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