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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2015]
|
Colección: | Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ;
v. 62. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.