Realism, discourse, and deconstruction / / edited by Jonathan Joseph and John Michael Roberts

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969419003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-35234-4; 0-415-32263-4; 1-134-35235-2; 1-280-02455-0; 0-203-30047-5
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 307 p
• Collana: Routledge studies in critical realism
• Altri autori (Persone): JosephJonathan <1970->; RobertsJohn M (John Michael)
• Disciplina: 149/.2
• Soggetti: Critical realism; Discourse analysis; Deconstruction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter semiosis / Norman Fairclough -- chapter discourse analysis, concrete research -- chapter of discursive approaches enrich critical realist analysis? The case of environmentalisms -- chapter the Bakhtin Circle please stand up? -- chapter formation / Howard Engelskirchen -- chapter the discursive turn -- The gains and the losses -- chapter and the anthropic cartography of emancipation -- chapter theory and the Eurocentric problematic of modern discourse -- chapter sleeping with the enemy -- Reading Derrida as a critical realist -- chapter and the legal subject / Alan Norrie -- chapter (with Derrida) / Jonathan Joseph -- chapter anti-realism -- Derrida's White Mythology.
• Sommario/riassunto: Theories of discourse bring to realism new ideas about how knowledge develops and how representations of reality are influenced. We gain an understanding of the conceptual aspect of social life and the processes by which meaning is produced. This collection reflects the growing interest realist critics have shown towards forms of discourse theory and deconstruction. The diverse range of contributions address such ; issues as the work of Derrida and deconstruction, discourse theory, Eurocentrism and poststructuralism. What unites all of the contributions is a sense that it is essential to provide a realist alternative to the hitherto dominance of social constructionism, hermeneutics and postmodernism, over many of the issues discussed. By developing a realist perspective the different authors attempt to embed discourse within the structured nature of the reality of the world. Realism can situate language, discourse and ideology within context specific, or 'causally efficacious' circumstances. Realism can help to uncover issues of power, representation, and subjectivity and how discursive and other social practices produce real effects. This can help us understand the manner in which (non-discursive) social structures are reproduced through various forms of ideology and discourse. And by knowing this, we can start to address questions concerning human emancipation and how the world is to be transformed.