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

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 investigat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: KhosraviNik, Majid (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
Colección:Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 62.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Discourse, Identity and Legitimacy
  • Editorial page
  • Title page
  • LCC data
  • Table of contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 A sketch of Iran's nuclear programme
  • 1.3 The research focus
  • 1.4 Socio-political context of Iran
  • 1.5 The structure of the book
  • 2. Iran's socio-political history
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Iran before the 1979 Revolution
  • 2.2.1 Ghajars, Constitutional Revolution and Reza Shah (Pahlavi I)
  • 2.2.2 Mohammad Reza Shah (Pahlavi II)
  • 2.2.3 Mossadegh and the nationalisation of the oil industry
  • 2.2.4 Towards the Islamic Revolution
  • 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. Kayhan newspaper
  • 6.1 Discourse topics analysis
  • 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
  • 6.5.2 Topoi in macro-legitimatory arguments
  • 6.5.3 Micro-legitimatory argumentation
  • 6.6 Other discursive qualities
  • 6.6.1 Presuppositions
  • 6.6.2 Recontextualisation of the news
  • 7. Shargh newspaper
  • 7.1 Discourse topics analysis
  • 7.2 Shargh's contents
  • 7.2.1 Textual analysis: reported official content
  • 7.2.2 Textual analysis: non-official content
  • 7.3 Reported official content
  • 7.3.1 Referential strategy (reported official content)
  • 7.3.2 Predicational strategy (reported official content)
  • 7.4 Non-official content
  • 7.4.1 Referential strategy (non-official content)
  • 7.4.2 Predicational strategy (non-official content)
  • 7.5 Argumentative strategies
  • 8. The Times newspaper.
  • 8.1 Discourse topics analysis
  • 8.2 Textual analysis: a short example
  • 8.3 Referential strategy
  • 8.3.1 Referential strategy: Self (the West)
  • 8.3.2 Referential strategy: Other (Iran)
  • 8.3.3 Referential strategy: Iran's nuclear programme
  • 8.4 Predicational strategy
  • 8.4.1 Predicational strategy: Self
  • 8.4.2 Predicational strategy: Other
  • 8.5 Argumentative strategy
  • 8.5.1 Topos of threat: we are right because they are (constructed as) a threat
  • 8.6 Presupposition and shared knowledge
  • 8.6.1 Presupposition triggers
  • 9. The Guardian newspaper
  • 9.1 Discourse topics analysis
  • 9.2 Textual analysis: a short example
  • 9.3 Referential strategy
  • 9.3.1 Referential strategy: Self (West)
  • 9.3.2 Referential strategy: Other (Iran)
  • 9.3.3 Referential strategy: Iran's nuclear programme
  • 9.4 Predicational strategy
  • 9.4.1 Predicational strategy: Self
  • 9.4.2 Predicational strategy: Other
  • 9.5 Argumentative strategy
  • 9.6 Presupposition and shared knowledge
  • 9.7 Automatic processes
  • 10. Conclusion
  • 10.1 Self and Other in Iranian dailies
  • 10.2 Self and Other in the British dailies
  • 10.3 Overall remarks
  • Last word
  • Appendix (Kayhan chapter)
  • References list.