資源描述:
《Discourse Analysis and Social Critique》由會(huì)員上傳分享,免費(fèi)在線閱讀,更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在學(xué)術(shù)論文-天天文庫(kù)。
1、DiscourseAnalysisandSocialCritiqueMARKUSWRBOUSCHEKUniversityofViennaAmongthosebranchesofqualitativesocialsciencesthatdealwiththestudyofdiscursivephenomenaandstructures,avarietyofapproaches—collectivelyreferredtoasCriticalDiscourseAnalysis,explicitlyformulateascientificagendawhichis
2、closelylinkedtosocialcritique.Thisclaimforanactivepositioningofresearchandresearcherswithintheongoingdiscourseposesomemethodologicalandethicalproblems.Methodologicalproblemsconcernthequestionofwhetherornotitispossibletoshowthelinksbetweentheactualanalyticalresearchpracticeandtheimp
3、etusforsocialchangeassociatedwithit.Ethicalconsiderationsmayquestionthevalidityofaresearchprogramthatseemtocrosstheborderof‘manufacturingopinion.’ThisarticletriestoexaminesomemethodologicalprogramsoftheCriticalDiscourseAnalysiswithspecialregardtotheoutlinedco‐foundationofcriticalan
4、dempiricalmethodologicalprincipalsandtriestoshowhowagenuinelycriticalapproachtodiscoursestudycanandshouldbepartoffurthermethodologicaldiscussions.Inthisarticle,Iwouldliketopresentsomethoughtsconcerningtheconceptofcritiqueasitiselaboratedwithinthefieldofdiscoursestudiesandmoreprecis
5、ely,inthefieldofCriticalDiscourseAnalysis.Ithinkthattheseconceptscanbeadoptedwithinotherbranchesofsocialsciencesinordertodefineamoregeneralprojectofthosepracticessuchascriticalresearch.Thefollowingremarksarewrittenfromatheoreticalperspective,whichclearlytracebacktotheworkofMichelFo
6、ucault.Foucault,asoneoftheinfluentialauthorswithinthetraditionofdiscoursetheories,referstothetermcritiqueastheartofnotbeinggovernedinacertainway(Foucault,1992,p.12).ThisclaimislinkedtoFoucault’sprogramofcriticallyreconstructingdiscursivepracticesinwhichsubjectivityisconstitutedwith
7、inspecificconfigurationsofpowerandknowledge(Foucault,2005).FollowingFoucault,theempiricalstudyofdiscursivepracticescanbeconceivedasanattempttoanalysesocialphenomenaasbeingtoanimportantextentdiscursivelyconfigured.Anyarticulationofspecificknowledgeaboutsocialpracticesisatthesametime
8、adiscursive(re‐)configurat