A new agenda in (critical) discourse analysis theory, methodology and interdisciplinarity (J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005)
Includes bibliographical references and index
A New Agenda in (Critical) Discourse Analysis; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; I. Interdisciplinarity and (C)DA; Three models of interdisciplinarity; Missing links in mainstream CDA; Critical discourse analysis in transdisciplinary research; Contextual knowledge management in discourse production; Lighting the stove; II. Implementing interdisciplinarity; Analyzing European Union discourses; 'European identity wanted!'; Deliberation or 'mainstreaming'?; "It is not sufficient to have a moral basis, it has to be democratic too''
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) has established itself over the past two decades as an area of academic activity in which scholars and students from many different disciplines are involved. It is a field that draws on social theory and aspects of linguistics in order to understand and challenge the discourses of our day. It is time for A New Agenda in the field. The present book is essential for anyone working broadly in the field of discourse analysis in the social sciences. The book includes often critical re-assessments of CDA's assumptions and methods, while proposing new route-maps for