Discourse dynamics : critical analysis for social and individual psychology

186 Pages·2014·3.612 MB·English

by  Ian Parker

PSYCHOLO GY REVIVALS
Discourse
Dynamics
Critical analysis for social
and individual psychology
Ian Parker
*
Psychology Revivals
Discourse Dynamics
What are discourses?
Are discourses ‘real’, and what is real outside language?
Originally published in 1992, Ian Parker provides one of the clearest
and most systematic introductions to discourse research and the essen­
tial theoretical debates in the area. At the time it was one of the few
texts to defend a realist position, discuss accounts of postmodernity and
set out criteria for the identification of discourses.
Discourse Dynamics is essential reading to anyone interested in project
research and an understanding of the theoretical issues involved in
discourse analysis. The book will also be of use to students other than
those studying psychology. It addresses the concerns of all those look­
ing at qualitative textual research in the human sciences and is still
very much relevant today.
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Discourse Dynamics
Critical analysis for social and
individual psychology
Ian Parker
RRoutledge
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First published in 1992
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Discourse dynamics
Critical analysis for social and
individual psychology
Ian Parker
R
London and New York
First published in 1992
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
a division of Routledge, Chapman and Hall, Inc.
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
© 1992 Ian Parker
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NWL Editorial Services, Langport, Somerset
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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
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the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Parker, Ian 1956-
Discourse dynamics.
1. Psycholinguistics
I. Title
401.9
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Parker, Ian, 1956-
Discourse dynamics/Ian Parker,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Discourse analysis - Psychological aspects. I. Title.
P302.8.P37 1992 90-28866
401'.41 -dc20 CIP
ISBN 0-415-05017-0
0-415-05018-9 (pbk)
For Ben and Adam Beechey
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Part I Discourses
1 Discovering discourses, tackling texts 3
Seven criteria for distinguishing discourses 6
Three auxiliary criteria 17
Conclusions and reflections 20
2 Realism, inside and outside texts 23
Realism 25
Powers of discourse 28
Structure 34
Change 37
Part II Cultures
3 Novel narratives of modern times 45
Modernity 48
Modem narratives 50
Changing narratives 56
Discursive changes and textual practices 60
4 Discourse discourse, postmodern psychology 64
After the crisis 65
Discourse and the postmodern: two moves 69
Postmodemity and reflexivity 77
Critical distance 80