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Diskoersontleding as 'n metode in die sosiale wetenskappe

Authors :
Pieter J. Fourie
Source :
Communicatio. 18:19-28
Publication Year :
1992
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 1992.

Abstract

SUMMARY In this article the author situates discourse analysis/discourse and the applicability thereof for the social sciences within the context of critical theory and the so-called hermeneutics of suspicion. He distinguishes between discourse analysis as linguistic text analysis and the analysis of discursive practices. He argues that text analysis defines context too narrow for the purpose of the critical social sciences. With reference to Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault he argues in favor of the analysis of discursive practices which, like critical theory has as its aim the to get beneath the surface of appearances in order to reveal the nature of oppressive mechanisms, also in media reporting.

Details

ISSN :
17535379 and 02500167
Volume :
18
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Communicatio
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........4b596b0ab9dfedf65c2ae14a37d75e46
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/02500169208537776