
Diplomatic Discourse
International Conflict at the United Nations
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 13. November 1997
Book
Hardback
392 pages
978-1-56750-290-9 (ISBN)
Description
This work seeks to provide insight into the role that discourse and rhetorical analysis plays in the crucial area of international conflict resolution and diplomatic process. Using analyses of situations that have come into play in the United Nations as the backdrop to their study, Donahue and Prosser first develop the concept of discourse analysis and the various approaches to it, including the role of genre and culture. They then turn their attention to rhetorical analysis, from its classical beginnings through to contemporary Western perspectives. The final part of the work applies the tools of discourse and rhetorical analysis to an understanding of various modern historical conflicts (including the Middle East conflict) and issues of current and future interest (such as human and women's rights).
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
734 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56750-290-9 (9781567502909)
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Persons
RAY T. DONAHUE is Professor of Intercultural Communication at Nagoya Gakuin University in Japan./e He is the author of Japanese Culture and Communication: Critical and Cultural Analysis and co-author of Diplomatic Discourse: International Conflict at the United Nations (Ablex, 1997).
Content
Preface Introduction DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Discourse Analysis: A Conceptual Foundation The Framing and Formatting of Discourse Contrastive Discourse Analysis: Genre and Culture Functional Versus Structural Approaches to Discourse Analysis Asian Conflict: North and South Korea Face Off at the UN RHETORICAL ANALYSIS Classicial Antecedents and Their Successors Contemporary Western Perspectives Three UN Situations APPLICATIONS Middle Eastern Conflict: Israel and the PLO An African Conflict Resolved Super Power Conflicts and Resolutions Toward a Future World Order Freedom, Human Rights, and Women's Rights Appendix References Author Index Subject Index About the Authors