Articulations of Self and Politics in Activist Discourse: A Discourse Analysis of Critical Subjectivities in Minority Debates

by Jan Zienkowski

Book Overview

This book focuses on the discursive processes that allow activists to make sense of themselves and of the modes of politics they engage in. It shows how political and metadiscursive awareness develop in tandem with a reconfiguration of one's sense of self. The author offers an integrated pragmatic and poststructuralist perspective on self and subjectivity. He draws on Essex style discourse theory, early pragmatist philosophy, and linguistic pragmatics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319821598
• ISBN13: 9783319821597
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 451 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"