A New Agenda in (Critical) Discourse Analysis
Theory, methodology and interdisciplinarity
1st Edition
Published on 28. July 2005
XVIII, 320 pages
978-90-272-9232-2 (ISBN)
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Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) has established itself over the past two decades as an area of academic activity in which scholars and students from many different disciplines are involved. It is a field that draws on social theory and aspects of linguistics in order to understand and challenge the discourses of our day. It is time for A New Agenda in the field. The present book is essential for anyone working broadly in the field of discourse analysis in the social sciences. The book includes often critical re-assessments of CDA's assumptions and methods, while proposing new route-maps for innovation. Practical analyses of major issues in discourse analysis are part of this agenda-setting volume.
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Theory, methodology and interdisciplinarity
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- A New Agenda in (Critical) Discourse Analysis
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- References
- I. Interdisciplinarity and (C)DA
- Three models of interdisciplinarity
- The centralist model
- The pluralist model
- The integrationist model
- Integrating discourse analysis with other disciplines
- Discourse analysis and social theory
- Discourse analysis and history
- Discourse analysis and ethnography
- The elements of integrated research projects
- Ongoing development of theories and methods
- Analysis of discursive practices in specific social settings
- Creation of new resources and new uses of existing resources
- References
- Missing links in mainstream CDA
- 1. The critical stance
- 2. Claims and aims of CDA
- 3. What is missing from CDA
- 4. Why CDA needs to consider mind
- 5. Some aspects of cognitive and evolutionary psychology relevant to CDA
- 5.1. Modularity of mind
- 5.2. Intuitive psychology (`theory of mind')
- 5.3. Machiavellian intelligence
- 5.4. Intuitive biology
- 6. Beyond modules: Cognitive fluidity
- 7. The point of all this for CDA
- 8. A cognitive approach to racism
- 9. Using cognitive models of discourse
- 10. Passive receptors or critical instinct? Do we need CDA?
- 11. Implications for CDA
- Notes
- References
- Critical discourse analysis in transdisciplinary research
- Some recent research on governance
- Enhancing research on governance through developing the dialogue with CDA
- Genre
- Linguistic analysis of texts
- Enhancing CDA through transdisciplinary dialogue
- Transdisciplinarity and the dialectics of discourse
- Conclusion: View of CDA
- Notes
- References
- Contextual knowledge management in discourse production
- Introduction
- The definition of knowledge
- Types of knowledge
- Context as mental model
- The K-device
- K-strategies
- Personal knowledge
- Interpersonal knowledge
- Group knowledge
- Institutional or organizational knowledge
- National knowledge
- Cultural knowledge
- Processing assumptions
- Knowledge management in CDA
- An example
- Conclusions
- Note
- References
- Appendix
- Lighting the stove
- Two examples
- The ontogenesis of practice: Internalization
- The interdisciplinary linking of activity theory and practice theory
- RUN TRILOGY: From historical body to text via action: Externalization
- The discourse cycle: Semiotic cycles as the theoretical linkage of action and discourse
- References
- II. Implementing interdisciplinarity
- Analyzing European Union discourses
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theory formation
- 3. EU discourses: The complexity of "text in context''
- 4. EU discourses and European identities: Our theoretical framework
- 5. Perspectives and open questions
- Notes
- References
- 'European identity wanted!'
- 1. Introduction: European Convention and EU's political identity
- 2. Analytical standpoint
- 3. Empirical data
- 4. Analytical methodology
- 5. The European Convention as an arena of institutional communication
- 5.1. Examining communication flows in the European Convention
- 5.2. Observing plenary sessions of the European Convention
- 6. Exploring characteristics of the 'EU discourse about the future of Europe'
- 6.1. The "mainstream voice''
- 6.2. Mainstream vs. non-mainstream and the dissolution of national standpoints in the European Convention
- 6.3. "Adjusting'' to the mainstream? On the characteristics of discourse of Convention members from the EU-Candidate countries
- 7. Conclusions and final remarks
- Notes
- References
- Deliberation or 'mainstreaming'?
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Fieldwork at the European Convention
- 1.2. Empirical research and theoretical interpretation: A critique of "deliberation''
- 2. The European Convention: Context, structure, functioning
- 2.1. Pre-history and context
- 2.2. Elements of functioning of the Convention: Deliberation or 'mainstreaming'?
- 2.3. An alternative hypothesis: Mainstreaming
- 3. Instead of conclusions: A frame of reference for researching the European Convention
- Notes
- References
- It is not sufficient to have a moral basis, it has to be democratic too''
- Introduction
- The national and the European 'we'
- The Swedish concepts of state, nation and 'Europe'
- Empirical findings
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Language, psychotherapy and client change
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Three models of interdisciplinarity
- 3. Theories of change
- 3.1. Language: System and instance
- 3.2. Semogenesis: Three perspectives on system change
- 3.3. Change in psychotherapy: A narrative perspective
- 4. An integrated view of the narrative therapy process
- 4.1. Logogenesis: Genre and its relationship to client change
- 4.2. Client ontogenesis: Scaffolding client change
- 5. Discussion: Which contextual factors influence change?
- 6. Conclusion: Bridging the 2 disciplines
- Notes
- References
- III. Inside and outside traditional disciplines
- Anthropology of institutions and discourse analysis
- Introduction
- Studying a working group in the United Nations
- Discourses in the UN
- Reports, authors and voices
- Researchers in or out?
- Discourses in a multicultural environment: The problem of unity and diversity
- Thinking process: Content and values in political institutions
- The demand for pluridisciplinarity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- The role of a political identity code in defining the boundaries of public and private*
- Notes
- References
- Appendix
- Social order and disorder
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Institutions and institutional arrangements
- 3. Institutional problem-solving paradigms
- 4. The gaps and anomalies of institutional paradigms
- 5. Institutional paradigms expressed in key discourses
- 5.1. Key components of discourse
- 6. Systemic problems and types of discourse
- 7. The dynamics of interrelated subcomplexes
- 8. The dynamics of policy paradigms, paradigm competition, and paradigm shifts and related discourses
- 8.1. Paradigmatic phases and paradigm shifts
- Acknowledgement
- Notes
- References
- Biographical notes
- Name index
- Subject index
- The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture
