Studies of Discourse and Governmentality
Subtitle: New Perspectives and Methods
Publisher: Benjamins Publishing Company, John
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9789027206572
Subjects: Political science, philosophy; Power (social sciences); Discourse analysis; Foucault, michel, 1926-1984
Description: This volume brings together analyses of governmentality from different angles in order to explore the multiple forms, practices, modes, programmes and rationalities of the 'conduct of conduct' today. Following the publication of Foucault's annual lecture series at the College de France, scholars have attempted to critically rethink Foucault's ideas. This is the first volume that attempts to revisit and expand studies of governmentality by connecting it to the theories and methods of discourse analysis. The volume draws on different theoretical stances and methodological approaches including critical discourse analysis, conversation analysis, dialogic analysis, multimodal discourse analysis, the discourse-historical approach, corpus analysis and French discourse analysis. The volume is relevant to students and scholars in the fields of critical discourse studies, conversation analysis, international studies, environmental studies, political science, public policy and organisation studies.