Language as Symbolic Power

ISBN-13: 9781108798891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 300 str.

Claire Kramsch

Opis

Kramsch combines insights from linguistics, anthropology and sociology to show how language represents and constructs social reality.

Recenzje

'… [This book] invites us to focus on the symbolic effects of discourse and in so doing increases our understanding of how we shape the world and how the world shapes us in online, offline, and liminal spaces. It invites us to wonder, talk, and teach about how the symbolic power of language might help us better understand and resist a world fraught with deeply entrenched inequalities, racism, political populism, and climate injustices.' Ari Sherris, Sociolinguistic Studies journal

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. The Power of Symbolic Representation: 1. 'I speak therefore I am'; 2. The politics of representation; 3. Narratives of power: the power of narrative; Part II. The Power of Symbolic Action: 4. 'I do things with words, therefore I am'; 5. From symbolic power to symbolic violence; 6. When symbolic violence becomes symbolic warfare; Part III. The Power to Create Symbolic Reality: 7. 'I am seen and talked about, therefore I am'; 8. Language as symbolic power in the digital age; 9. Engaging with symbolic power: responding to symbolic violence; Conclusion.