Discourse Analysis as Social Critique: Discursive and Non-Discursive Realities in Critical Social Research - Brossura

Libro 5 di 26: Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse

Herzog, Benno

 
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This book presents post-Marxist theoretical approaches towards social critique and offers discourse analytical tools for critical research. How is a normative critique possible? The author, working at the crossroads of sociological discourse analysis and social philosophy, answers this question and others to show how empirical discourse research can be used to develop normative critique of societies. Divided into three major sections, Herzog introduces the reader to the theoretical approaches to critique, provides tools for normative evaluations of social structures, and finally offers practical examples of theoretical concepts. The book will be of interest to those working in the fields and subfields of discourse analysis, poststructuralism, hegemony theory, cultural political economy and critical theory, with an interdisciplinary orientation.

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Benno Herzog is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Valencia, Spain. He has worked and conducted research in Germany (Universities of Frankfurt and Mainz), the United Kingdom (University of Manchester, Open University, University of Warwick) and Brazil (Federal University of Paraíba). His research focuses on social critique & critical theory of society, on discourse theory & discourse analysis and on migration & discrimination.

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This book presents post-Marxist theoretical approaches towards social critique and offers discourse analytical tools for critical research. How is a normative critique possible? The author, working at the crossroads of sociological discourse analysis and social philosophy, answers this question and others to show how empirical discourse research can be used to develop normative critique of societies. Divided into three major sections, Herzog introduces the reader to the theoretical approaches to critique, provides tools for normative evaluations of social structures, and finally offers practical examples of theoretical concepts. The book will be of interest to those working in the fields and subfields of discourse analysis, poststructuralism, hegemony theory, cultural political economy and critical theory, with an interdisciplinary orientation.

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9781137569073: Discourse Analysis as Social Critique: Discursive and Non-Discursive Realities in Critical Social Research

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ISBN 10:  1137569077 ISBN 13:  9781137569073
Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
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