This is a study of how racism, antisemitism and ethnicism are reflected in discourse. Reisigl and Wodak first survey five established discourse analysis approaches, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each, and then provide their own model of critical discourse analysis. Using this model, the authors present three case studies. While the focus of these studies is on racism in Austria, the approach is relevant for the study of discrimination in any context. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from political speeches and legal documents to newspaper articles, television broadcasts and...

Discourse and Discrimination is a study of how racism, antisemitism and ethnicism are reflected in discourse. The authors first survey five established discourse analysis approaches before providing their own model and three case-studies. Drawing on a wide range of sources, they question why racism and anti-Semitism are still virulent worldwide.

How do we construct national identities in discourse? Which topics, which discursive strategies and which linguistic devices are employed to construct national sameness and uniqueness on the one hand, and differences to other national collectives on the other hand? The Discursive Construction of National Identity analyses discourses of national identity in Europe with particular attention to Austria.In the tradition of critical discourse analysis, the authors analyse current and on-going transformations in the self-and other definition of national identities using an innovative...

​Ob und inwiefern Diskursanalyse ein kritisches Unterfangen ist, gilt als strittig. Der Band leuchtet die Grunde und Gegenstande dieser Debatte um den Zusammenhang von Diskursanalyse und Kritik aus. Gibt es einen Erziehungs- bzw. Aufklarungsauftrag der Diskursanalyse? Wer und was soll mit der Kritik erreicht werden: die Kritisierten, die Wissenschaft oder ein "allgemeines" Publikum? Was sind Gegenstande der Kritik: bestimmte diskursive und/oder institutionelle Strukturen, die Diskurse ermoglichen, einzelne Akteur_innen oder Diskurseffekte (wie Normalisierung, bestimmte Subjektivierungen...