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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