ISBN:
9789027265678
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (309 pages)
Series Statement:
Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture 71
Series Statement:
Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture Ser v.71
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DDC:
401/.41
Keywords:
Discourse analysis--Social aspects
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Discourse analysis Social aspects
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Identity (Psychology)
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Structural linguistics
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Developing New Identities in Social Conflicts -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. About the specific contents of chapters -- Chapter 1. Constructionism in historical writing -- 1. Introduction: Theoretical background -- 2. How does symbolization work in historical discourse? -- References -- Chapter 2. White, Burke and the "literary" nature of historical controversies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Metahistorical controversies about the past -- 3. A tropological turn in response to some specific but irreconcilable disagreement -- 4. On the limits of a transcendental reading of tropology -- 5. Figural causality of tropological drift -- 6. Controversies as a conversation (in a pragmatistic sense) through tropological drift -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3. The discursive construction of reality in the context of rhetoric: Constructivist rhetoric -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The epistemological basis of ancient sophistry (constructivism Avant la Lettre) and its historical disrepute -- 2. The epistemological basis of ancient sophistry (constructivism Avant la Lettre) and its historical disrepute -- 3. The beginnings of the recovery of rhetoric in the twentieth century -- 4. The revival of rhetoric and constructivism: The return to elocutio and the third level of revival of rhetorical thinking -- 5. The connection between rhetoric and discourse analysis -- 6. A final word -- References -- Chapter 4. Understanding social conflict: Reason or emotion? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The social nature of human beings -- 3. Emotions -- 4. Explanations: Searching for Truths? -- 5. Conversations -- 6. Conflicts -- 7. Final remarks: Reflection -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5. I am and I am not Charlie: The discursive conflict surrounding the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Abstract:
1. Propaedeutics: Toward a constructivist rhetoric -- 2. The events -- 3. The meaning of the events: A theory -- 3.1 The theory -- 3.2 Practice -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6. Media representations of recent human migrations to the United Kingdom and other Western countries -- 1. Introduction: Media discourse as construction -- 2. The Master Narrative of Western media as applied to human migrations -- 3. Human migration: Realities and media discourse -- 4. An analysis of linguistic devices used to describe human migration -- 4.1 Methodology -- 4.2 Linguistic devices and human migration: Labelling, metaphors, transitivity -- 5. Interpretation and conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7. Rhetorical analysis of health risk discourse: The 2009 influenza pandemic crisis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The social study of risk within a constructivist frame -- 3. Current rhetorical theory as a toolkit for the social study of health risk -- 4. The European Council hearing on June 26 2006: Analysis of the speeches of Wolfgang Wodarg and Keiji Fukuda -- 4. The European Council hearing on June 26 2006: Analysis of the speeches of Wolfgang Wodarg and Keiji Fukuda -- 4.1 The speech by Wolfgang Wodarg -- 4.2 Construction of the international health authority and community in the narrative of Wodarg's discourse -- 4.3 Construction of the political authorities and other national social institutions in the narrative of Wodarg's discourse -- 4.4 The speech by Keiji Fukuda -- 4.5 Construction of the international health authorities and the scientific community in the narrative of Fukuda's discourse -- 4.6 Construction of the political authorities and other social institutions in Fukuda's discourse -- 5. Final conclusions and interpretations -- References -- Chapter 8. Critical analysis of an educational discourse practice: The literary text commentary
Abstract:
1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical and methodological framework -- 3. Discourse analysis -- 3.1 Reading deficiency and the critical understanding of texts: A social problem -- 3.2 The contexts of text commentary -- 3.3 Case study: The handbook "How to comment on a literary text," by Lázaro Carreter and Correa Calderón (1975) -- 4. Interpretation and results -- References -- Chapter 9. The (re)construction of gender roles in the genre of song: In search of female empowerment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Domestic violence and gender identities -- 3. Methodological approach -- 4. Analysis -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10. Posthumanism and the city: The construction of identity and ideological conflict in discourses regarding the new technological self -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical background: Constructivist rhetoric -- 3. Transhumanism and posthumanism: Definitions and ideological conflict -- 3.1 Human identity: Man's doing against Mother Nature -- 3.2 The abyss between mind and body -- 3.3 Power and technological inequality -- 4. Posthumanism and the concept of "Smart City" -- 5. Barcelona, a Smart City? -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11. Discourses of social movements in Southern Europe: The slogans of 15M -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical framework -- 2.1 The socio-cognitive perspective -- 2.2 The pragmatic and rhetorical-constructivist approach -- 3. Data analysis -- 3.1 The slogans of 15M -- 3.2 Methodology -- 3.3 Analysis of three slogans -- 4. Discussion and conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12. Cognitive frames, imaginaries and discursive constructions: Post-15M discourses with reference to eco-social alternatives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Critical discourse analysis from a constructivist position -- 2.1 Theoretical and methodological framework
Abstract:
2.2 The relationship between the constructivist approach and other current research on discourse -- 2.3 Texts, discourses and discursive practices -- 3. Discourse analysis -- 3.1 The context of the CIC -- 3.2 Data analysis -- 4. Interpretation and results -- References -- Epilogue -- 1. Final thoughts on constructivism -- 2. Relativism, again? -- 3. Constructivism and post-capitalist alternatives -- 4. Final remarks -- References -- Author index -- Subject index
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