This is a well-written, accessible, and provocative example of the post-disciplinary analysis so necessary to understanding, explaining, and contesting the key institutional and socio-cultural features of late modern social formations.
Bob Jessop This book is a timely addition to the ongoing theoretical debate about the nature of the social world today and ought to be of considerable interest to ... Read moreteachers and researchers in linguistics, sociology, psychology, philosophy, education and politics, as well as intercultural communication. On every page there is evidence that the authors have thought long and productively about CDA's connections with and differences from social theories ! In sum, this is a deeply-considered contribution. An eloquent introduction to the basic tenets of a critical approach, in the Fairclough tradition, to discourse as an element of social practice. A significant contribution to the ongoing establishment of an important new tradition in the social sciences. This is a well-written, accessible, and provocative example of the post-disciplinary analysis so necessary to understanding, explaining, and contesting the key institutional and socio-cultural features of late modern social formations. This book is a timely addition to the ongoing theoretical debate about the nature of the social world today and ought to be of considerable interest to teachers and researchers in linguistics, sociology, psychology, philosophy, education and politics, as well as intercultural communication. On every page there is evidence that the authors have thought long and productively about CDA's connections with and differences from social theories ! In sum, this is a deeply-considered contribution. An eloquent introduction to the basic tenets of a critical approach, in the Fairclough tradition, to discourse as an element of social practice. A significant contribution to the ongoing establishment of an important new tradition in the social sciences. Show Less