Affiliation:
1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2. Charles University
3. University of Essex
4. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abstract
Abstract
This article assesses the current state of play of the poststructuralist and post-Marxist discourse theory associated with
Laclau and Mouffe and the ‘Essex school’, and identifies ways forward at the level of theory development, research practice and critique.
The article starts by disentangling the different meanings of the notion of ‘discourse’ in ‘discourse theory’, clarifying the specificities
of discourse theory as a theoretical and analytical framework and situating discourse theory in, but also beyond, critical discourse
studies. It then moves to an assessment of the current state of discourse theory, its main contributions, and the identification of
shortcomings and ways forward. This discussion is organized around five topics: methodology and the theory-analysis dialectic; the logics
approach; the discursive-material relation; the role of fantasy and other psychoanalytic categories; and populism.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Sociology and Political Science,History
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