Language and Globalization

by Fairclough,Norman

• ISBN13: 9780415317665
• ISBN10: 0415317665
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book uses critical discourse analysis to investigate relations between discourse and other dimensions (economic, political, social and cultural) of contemporary processes of globalization, and the effects that discourse has on globalization. It uses an innovative approach which combines critical discourse analysis with "cultural" political economy to develop a new theory of the relationship between discourse and other dimensions of globalization, and it shows how analysis of texts can be coherently integrated within political economic analysis. There are chapters on the globalization and Europeanization of nation-states, the relationship between the real processes of globalization and discourses of globalization, the impact of the media on globalization and the strategies of people in local communities to adapt to globalization or resist its negative effects. The book focuses on "globalism" as the dominant neo-liberal discourse of globalization and includes a chapter which interprets the "war on terror"as part of global strategy. Examples are drawn from a variety of different countries including the USA, Britain, Romania, Hungary and Thailand, and discussion of these examples includes analysis of specific texts.

Author Biography

Norman Fairclough was formerly Professor of Language in Social Life at Lancaster University, and is now an Emeritus Professor.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Globalization and language: review of academic literature	p. 14
My approach to globalization and language	p. 27
Discourses of globalization	p. 39
Re-scaling the nation-state	p. 64
The media, mediation and globalization	p. 97
Globalization from below	p. 121
Globalization, war and terrorism	p. 140
Conclusion	p. 162
References	p. 174
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