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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797698703321

Autore

KhosraviNik Majid

Titolo

Discourse, identity and legitimacy : self and other in representations of Iran's nuclear programme / / Majid KhosraviNik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-272-6821-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, , 1569-9463 ; ; Volume 62

Disciplina

401.47

Soggetti

Discourse analysis - Political aspects

Discourse analysis - Political aspects - Iran

Nuclear weapons - Iran

Nationalism

Rhetoric - Political aspects

Mass media and language

Iranian newspapers - History

Journalism - Iran - History

Government and the press - Iran

British newspapers - History

Journalism - Great Britain - History

Government and the press - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

2.3 Iran after the Islamic Revolution: Changes in the grand rhetoric and themes 2.3.1 Revolutionary Period (1979-1981) ; 2.3.2 War Period (1980-1988) ; 2.3.3 Economic Reforms Period 1989-1997 (Rafsanjani) ; 2.3.4 Political Reforms Period 1997-2005 (Khatami) ; 2.3.5 Radical conservative rise 2005-2013 (Ahmadinejad) ; 2.4 Political structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran ; 3. Theoretical background; 3.1 Critical Discourse Analysis ; 3.2 The critique/critical in CDA ; 3.2.1 CDA and Habermas ; 3.3 Discourse in CDA ; 3.4 Analysis in CDA ; 3.5 Power and



ideology in CDA

3.6 Analysis of meanings in society (language in use) 3.7 Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA) ; 3.7.1 CDA and Self /Other presentation ; 3.8 CDA and the media ; 3.9 CDA and the international contexts ; 3.10 Discourse analysis, Iran and nuclear issue ; 4. The British and Iranian press; 4.1 The Press in Iran ; 4.1.1 Historical development of the press (before the Revolution) ; 4.1.2 Historical development of the press (after the Revolution) ; 4.1.3 Jameah newspaper ; 4.1.4 Newspaper closures ; 4.1.5 Issues and challenges ; 4.2 The press in Britain ; 4.2.1 The state and the press

4.2.2 Political authority and the press 4.2.3 Economic model and the press ; 4.2.4 Ownership of the press ; 4.2.5 Approaches to journalism ; 4.2.6 Approaches to press and media analysis ; 4.2.7 Current issues ; 5. Methodology and data selection ; 5.1 Methods in Self and Other presentation ; 5.2 Methods in the Discourse-Historical Approach ; 5.2.1 Topoi ; 5.3 Presupposition and the repertoire of old knowledge; 5.4 Deontic modalisation ; 5.5 Recontextualisation ; 5.6 Conversationalisation and vagueness ; 5.7 UK data selection ; 5.7.1 The spike ; 5.7.2 The Times' background

5.7.3 The Guardian's background 5.8 Iranian data selection ; 5.8.1 Kayhan newspaper's background ; 5.8.2 Shargh newspaper's background ; 5.9 English translation ; 6.1 Discourse topics analysis ; 6. Kayhan newspaper ; 6.2 Textual analysis: a short example ; 6.3 Referential strategy ; 6.3.1 A note on the Persian language ; 6.3.2 Referential strategy: Self ; 6.3.3 Referential strategy: Other ; 6.3.4 Referential strategy: the nuclear programme ; 6.4 Predicational strategy in Kayhan; 6.4.1 Predicational strategy: Self ; 6.4.2 Predicational strategy: the Other ; 6.5 Argumentative strategy

6.5.1 Macro legitimatory arguments

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a critical study of the ways that discourses of the (national) Self and Other are invoked and reflected in the reporting of a major international political conflict. Taking Iran's nuclear programme as a case study, this book offers extensive textual analysis, comparative investigation and socio-political contextualisation of national identity in newspaper reporting. In addition to providing comprehensive accounts of theory and methodology in Critical Discourse Analysis, the book provides a valuable extensive discussion of journalistic practice in Iranian and British contexts, as w



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814852203321

Autore

Hannigan Tim

Titolo

A brief history of Indonesia : Sultans, spices, and tsunamis : the incredible story of Southeast Asia's largest nation / / Tim Hannigan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo ; ; Rutland, Vermont ; ; Singapore : , : Tuttle Publishing, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4629-1716-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

959.8

Soggetti

Indonesia History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Point of departure : the archipelago -- From hobbits to Hinduism : prehistory to Indianisation -- Empires of imagination : Hindu-Buddhist Java -- Saints and winners : the arrival of Islam -- Spice invaders : the Europeans arrive -- The clash of civilisations : from company to empire -- Rust en orde : the Dutch East Indies -- Brave new world : the rise of nationalism -- Freedom or death : war and revolution -- Years of living dangerously : the Sukarno era -- A new order : Suharto, crisis, reform -- Epilogue : Indonesia, rising.

Sommario/riassunto

Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest ArchipelagoIndonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the Island nation is an emerging power in the region with a dynamic new leader. It is a land of incredible diversity and unending paradoxes that has a long and rich history stretching back a thousand years and more.Indonesia is the fabled ""Spice Islands"" of every school child's dreamsone of the most colorful and f