pamphleteer

Japanese: pamphleteer
pamphleteer

...People of each position tried to defeat their opponents in the public forum by publishing their arguments in simple print form, and to expand their supporters. John Milton's Areopagitica (On Free Speech) was one such pamphlet, and it was from these "pamphleteers" that the editors of influential magazines and newspapers of the 18th century emerged. Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift were also originally proficient commentators who expanded their work into writing in order to move more people and more deeply.

From the pamphlet:

...After that, pamphlets began to be used around the 15th century as a way to announce one's position when discussing religious issues, and gradually came to be used for propaganda purposes, mainly essays and articles on political and ideological issues. The authors of pamphlets, such as T. Paine, were called pamphleteers, and were active as agitators during the American Revolution and the French Revolution. In the socialist movement, pamphlets were also widely used as part of the public education and propaganda activities. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pamphleteer" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それぞれの立場の者はその主張を簡単な印刷物にして公開の場で論敵を倒し支持者をひろげようとしたのである。ジョン・ミルトンの《アレオパジティカ》(言論の自由論)も,こうした小冊子の一つであり,彼ら〈パンフレット書きpamphleteers〉のなかから18世紀にかけての有力な雑誌・新聞の主筆たちがそだっていった。ダニエル・デフォーやジョナサン・スウィフトも,そもそもは筆力さかんな時論家で,より多く,かつ深く人を動かそうと作家活動に仕事をひろげたものである。…

【パンフレット】より

…その後,パンフレットは,宗教上の問題を議論する際に,みずからの立場を発表するものとして,15世紀ごろから使用されはじめ,しだいに政治問題や思想問題に関する小論文や記事を中心に,宣伝を目的に用いられるようになった。T.ペインらに代表されるように,パンフレットの作者はパンフレッティアpamphleteerと称され,アメリカ独立革命やフランス革命時には扇動家として活躍した。また,社会主義運動において,パンフレットは人びとへの啓蒙宣伝活動の一環として広く利用された。…

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