This paper proposes a modus operandi for a non-hegemonic Pragmatics in relation to mainstream theories, i.e., internalist theories (self-sufficiency of language as a system) and externalist ones (social aspects as connected to language, but non-constitutive of it). Two lines of argument are proposed to cope with a New Emancipatory Pragmatics: (1) a new Pragmatics which shows the conceptual incompatibility between the Austinian theory and that interpreted by Searle and (2) an emancipatory Pragmatics in search of a creative intellectual emancipation and the distribution of the sensible. From these two perspectives, theoretical arguments are presented within and about the diverse domains of Pragmatics.
emancipator; commitment; non-hegemonic