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Textual Politics: Discourse And Social Dynamics Jay L. Lemke

Textual Politics: Discourse And Social Dynamics By Jay L. Lemke

Textual Politics: Discourse And Social Dynamics by Jay L. Lemke


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Textual politics is about meaning - the meaning we make with words and with the symbolic values of every object and action. This text discusses the relationship between discourse and the notions of power and ideology, and then applies these concepts to issues such as gender and class.

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Textual Politics: Discourse And Social Dynamics Summary

Textual Politics: Discourse And Social Dynamics by Jay L. Lemke

Texts record the meanings we make: in words, pictures and deeds, and politics chronicles our uses of power in shaping social relationships large and small. Textual politics is about meaning - the meaning we make with words and with the symbolic values of every object and action.; The book begins with an introduction which discusses the relationship between Discourse And The Notions Of Power And Ideology. These Concepts Are Then applied to major issues: the social construction of class, gender and individuality; the rhetoric of polarizing social controversies religious fundamentalism vs. gay rights; and the abuse of technical language in policy arguments educational research vs. conservative politics. The book ends with chapters which extend the theory to processes of large- scale social change and apply it to the challenges facing education and political action in the new global information century.

Table of Contents

Textual Politics: An Introduction; Discourse and Social Theory; Discourses in Conflict: Heteroglossia and Text Semantics; Technical Discourse and Technocratic Ideology; The Social Construction of the Material Subject; Discourse, Dynamics, and Social Change; Critical Praxis: Education, Literacy, Politics; Retrospective Postscript: Making Meaning, Making Trouble.

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CIN0748402160G
9780748402168
0748402160
Textual Politics: Discourse And Social Dynamics by Jay L. Lemke
Used - Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1995-01-18
208
N/A
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