Discourse in Late Modernity [Paperback]

Lilie Chouliaraki (Author), Norman Fairclough (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0748610820 | ISBN-13: 978-0748610822 0

This pilot volume launches the Critical Discourse Analysis series by setting out a new and distinctive theoretical grounding for the subject.

Editorial Reviews

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This is a well-written, accessible, and provocative example of the post-disciplinary analysis so necessary to understanding, explaining, and contesting the key institutional and socio-cultural features of late modern social formations. -- Bob Jessop This book is a timely addition to the ongoing theoretical debate about the nature of the social world today and ought to be of considerable interest to teachers and researchers in linguistics, sociology, psychology, philosophy, education and politics, as well as intercultural communication. On every page there is evidence that the authors have thought long and productively about CDA's connections with and differences from social theories ! In sum, this is a deeply-considered contribution. An eloquent introduction to the basic tenets of a critical approach, in the Fairclough tradition, to discourse as an element of social practice. A significant contribution to the ongoing establishment of an important new tradition in the social sciences. This is a well-written, accessible, and provocative example of the post-disciplinary analysis so necessary to understanding, explaining, and contesting the key institutional and socio-cultural features of late modern social formations. This book is a timely addition to the ongoing theoretical debate about the nature of the social world today and ought to be of considerable interest to teachers and researchers in linguistics, sociology, psychology, philosophy, education and politics, as well as intercultural communication. On every page there is evidence that the authors have thought long and productively about CDA's connections with and differences from social theories ! In sum, this is a deeply-considered contribution. An eloquent introduction to the basic tenets of a critical approach, in the Fairclough tradition, to discourse as an element of social practice. A significant contribution to the ongoing establishment of an important new tradition in the social sciences.

About the Author

Lilie Chouliaraki is Research Lecturer at the University of Copenhagen.

Norman Fairclough is Professor of Language in Social Life at Lancaster University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (March 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0748610820
• ISBN-13: 978-0748610822
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, yes, that sounds quite fine, quite fine, May 10, 2002

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Henri Edward Dongieux - See all my reviews

This review is from: Discourse in Late Modernity (Paperback)

Chouliaraki and Fairclough survey the landscape of contemporary critical theory as familiars and even masters. The authors' command of the human sciences is beyond impressive, so much so that the book is equally valuable to sociologists and discourse analysts - one need not be familiar with the esoterica of text analysis, for example, to appreciate the dense connections made here between discursive and social realities. Highly theoretical and pragmatic at the same time, the book provides crucial links between the semologic and sociologic dimensions of late modern life. Drawing on CDA, on the one hand, and the social theory of Bourdieu, Giddens, Foucault, and Bernstein, on the other, the book will be valuable reading for anyone concerned that the proliferation of discourses (of all kinds) in late modernity has not yet been accompanied by a critical awareness of the social systems in which these discourses emerge and interact - only to implode back into the social.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful for CDA, May 25, 2008

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Elizabeth E. Feltner "Elizabeth" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discourse in Late Modernity (Paperback)

Though at times the language gets a little dense--for one thing, way too many parenthetical expressions--this is a great text for understanding CDA better. Also touches on social movement rhetoric.