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Discourse Theory: Ways forward for theory development and research practiceEdited by Benjamin De Cleen, Jana Goyvaerts, Nico Carpentier, Jason Glynos, Yannis Stavrakakis and Ilija Tomanić Trivundža
[Journal of Language and Politics 20:1] 2021
► pp. 47–61
Discourse, concepts, ideologies
Pausing for thought
Michael Freeden | University of Oxford
Two branches of discourse studies, critical discourse analysis (CDA) and discourse theory (DT), could benefit through extending their critical focus and incorporating findings and methodologies of neighbouring disciplines. While indebted to the attentiveness of CDA to ordinary language, ideology studies have by contrast developed interpretative, non-judgmental analytical frameworks that explore the many-faceted features of ideology, power, and the political. In turn, the macro-focus of DT on binary distinctions, articulatory equivalences, and the construction of hegemony through empty signifiers, overlooks the complex internal conceptual morphology that produces multiple ideological vocabularies. Through a layered filtering of texts, utterances, and linguistic intensities, ideological micro-morphology reveals processes of semantic decontestation in order to defend, alter or criticize political thought-practices. It illuminates the complex interrelationship between word and concept and accepts fantasies as ineluctable and decodable features of communal life. By reaching out beyond their disciplinary confines, the interplay of these parallel approaches could enrich the scholarly understanding of the political.
Keywords: discourse analysis, ideology, ideological morphology, political concepts, Laclau
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Beyond the pejorative
- 3.Re-engaging with the political
- 4.The grip of Laclau
- 5.Narrowing the divides
- Acknowledgements
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Published online: 14 December 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20051.fre
https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.20051.fre
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