Discourse in Late Modernity : Rethinking Critical Discourse Analysis, Paperba...

Discourse in Late Modernity : Rethinking Critical Discourse Analysis, Paperback by Chouliaraki, Lilie; Fairclough, Norman, ISBN 0748610820, ISBN-13 9780748610822, Brand New, Free shipping in the USDiscourse in Late Modernity sets out to show that critical discourse analysis is strongly positioned to address empirical research and theory-building across the social sciences, particularly research and theory on the semiotic/linguistic aspects of the social world. It situates criticaldiscourse analysis as a form of critical social research in relation to diverse theories from the philosophy of science to social theory and from political science to sociology and linguistics. First, the authors clarify the ontological and epistemological assumptions of critical discourse analysis- its view of what the social world consists of and how to study it - and, in so doing, point to the connections between critical discourse analysis and critical social scientific research more generally. Secondly, they relate critical discourse analysis to social theory, by creating a researchagenda in contemporary social life on the basis of narratives of late modernity, particularly those of Giddens, Habermas, and