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Can discourse analysis techniques adequately deal with complex social phenomena? What does "interdisciplinarity" mean for theory building and the practice of empirical research? This volume provides an innovative and original debate on critical theory and discourse analysis, focussing on the extent to which critical discourse analysis can and should draw on the theory and methodology of a range of disciplines within the social sciences.
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Critical Discourse Analysis Theory and Interdisciplinarity Edited by Gilbert Weiss and Ruth Wodak Critical Discourse Analysis This page intentionally left blank Critical Discourse Analysis Theory and Interdisciplinarity Edited by Gilbert Weiss and Ruth Wodak Individual Chapters © Palgrave Macmillan Ltd 2003 Selection and editorial matter and Introduction © Gilbert Weiss and Ruth Wodak 2003 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basignstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 0–333–97023–3 hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Critical discourse analysis: theory and interdisciplinarity/edited by Gilbert Weiss and Ruth Wodak. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–333–97023–3 (hardback) 1. Discourse analysis. 2. Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. I. Weiss, Gilbert. II. Wodak, Ruth, 1950– P302.C6858 2002 401’.41—dc21 10 12 9 11 8 7 10 09 2002030260 6 08 5 07 4 06 3 05 2 04 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne 1 03 Contents Preface by Gilbert Weiss and Ruth Wodak Acknowledgements viii Notes on Contributors ix 1 Introduction: Theory, Interdisciplinarity and Critical Discourse Analysis Gilbert Weiss and Ruth Wodak Part I 2 vii 1 Critical ≠ Critical ≠ Critical Critical Discourse Analysis and the Rhetoric of Critique Michael Billig 35 3 Critical Discourse Analysis and the Development of the New Science Carlos A.M. Gouveia 47 4 Reflexivity and the Doubles of Modern Man: The Discursive Construction of Anthropological Subject Positions Marianne W. Jørgensen 63 Part II 5 Debating and Practising Interdisciplinarity The Discourse-Knowledge Interface Teun A. van Dijk 85 6 Critical Discourse Analysis and Evaluative Meaning: Interdisciplinarity as a Critical Turn Phil Graham 110