Discourse, Identity and Legitimacy: Self and Other in representations of Iran's nuclear programme

Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture #62

by Majid Khosravinik

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 investigation and socio-political contextualisation of national identity in newspaper reporting. In addition to providing comprehensive accounts of theory and methodology in Critical Discourse Analysis, the book provides a valuable extensive discussion of journalistic practice in Iranian and British contexts, as well as offering insights into historical development of 'discourses in place' in Iran. Across four separate chapters, major national and influential newspapers from both countries are critically analysed in terms of their micro-linguistic and macro-discoursal content and strategies. The book is a vital source for interdisciplinary scholarship and will appeal to students and researchers across the critical social sciences, particularly those in linguistics, media and communication studies, journalism and international politics.

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 15, 2015

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[dangerous at every speed · Rating 5 out of 5]

my thesis is kissing the ground khosraviNik walks on. hopefully he does not turn out to be a problematic fave.