Discourse
* What do we mean by discourse?\ * What are the different conceptions of discourse and methods of discourse analysis in the contemporary social sciences?\ * How can this concept help to clarify key theoretical problems and illuminate empirical cases?\ The concept of discourse provokes considerable debate and is understood in a variety of ways in the contemporary social sciences. This text presents a comprehensive overview of the different conceptions and methods of discourse analysis, while...
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"The concept of discourse provokes considerable debate and is understood in a variety of ways in the contemporary social sciences. This text presents a comprehensive overview of the different conceptions and methods of discourse analysis, while setting out the traditions of thinking in which these conceptions have emerged. It surveys structuralist, post-structuralist and post-Marxist theory, and the author sets out a fresh approach to discourse analysis, drawing principally on the writings of Saussure, Levi-Strauss, Gramsci, Althusser, Foucault, Derrida, Laclau and Mouffe. He evaluates a number of pertinent criticisms of this approach, and explores ways in which discourse analysis can assist our understanding of identity formation, hegemony, and the relationship between structure and agency."--BOOK JACKET. Booknews Finding that the concept of discourse that is being used increasingly in the human and social sciences to be largely implicit and conceptually under-thematized, Howarth (political theory, U. of Essex) introduces, clarifies, and contextualizes some of the ways the concept has been used in the social sciences. He concentrates on its developments within the structuralist, post-structuralist, and post- Marxist traditions of inquiry. The approach to social and political analysis he puts forth builds on Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouttte's theory of discourse. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction: defining the concept of discourseSaussure, structuralism and symbolic systemsPost-structuralism, deconstruction and textualityFoucault's archaeology of discursive practicesGenealogy, power, knowledge and problematizationThe limits of ideology in Marxist theoryLaclau and Mouffe's theory of discourseDeploying discourse theory
\ Literary Research"Howarth's comprehensive yet user-friendly introduction not only sharply sketches the basic aspects of the concept of discourse, but also subjects various discourse approaches to a methodical reflection that proposes new possibilities for research." - Jan Matonoha\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsFinding that the concept of discourse that is being used increasingly in the human and social sciences to be largely implicit and conceptually under-thematized, Howarth (political theory, U. of Essex) introduces, clarifies, and contextualizes some of the ways the concept has been used in the social sciences. He concentrates on its developments within the structuralist, post-structuralist, and post- Marxist traditions of inquiry. The approach to social and political analysis he puts forth builds on Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouttte's theory of discourse. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
