Reflections on discourse and critique in China and the West
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Paul Chilton
Abstract
The term “critical”, as used by scholars writing under the banner of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), is in need of review in a new global intellectual environment in which diverse philosophical and political traditions are increasingly in contact with one another. This chapter is particularly concerned with the question of how a shared understanding of the concept of the critical can be developed among Western and Chinese scholars. To this end the chapter gives an overview of notions of critique in the historical traditions of China and the West, addressing issues of conceptualisation, discourse practice and translation. This leads us to consider, from a “critical” point of view, what the appearance of the “critical” approach may mean in the Chinese context. The need for continued dialogue oriented to a deepened understanding of existing ideas and approaches is highlighted.
Abstract
The term “critical”, as used by scholars writing under the banner of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), is in need of review in a new global intellectual environment in which diverse philosophical and political traditions are increasingly in contact with one another. This chapter is particularly concerned with the question of how a shared understanding of the concept of the critical can be developed among Western and Chinese scholars. To this end the chapter gives an overview of notions of critique in the historical traditions of China and the West, addressing issues of conceptualisation, discourse practice and translation. This leads us to consider, from a “critical” point of view, what the appearance of the “critical” approach may mean in the Chinese context. The need for continued dialogue oriented to a deepened understanding of existing ideas and approaches is highlighted.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Reflections on discourse and critique in China and the West 1
- The discursive construction of the social stratification order in reforming China 19
- Institutional language as power in contemporary China 39
- A cultural political economy of transnational knowledge brands 57
- Discursive production of teaching quality assessment report 85
- Discursive construction of Chinese foreign policy 105
- The re-imagined West in Chinese television 127
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Book review
- Tian, Hailong. Discourse Studies: Categories, Perspectives and Methodologies 145
- Index 149
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Reflections on discourse and critique in China and the West 1
- The discursive construction of the social stratification order in reforming China 19
- Institutional language as power in contemporary China 39
- A cultural political economy of transnational knowledge brands 57
- Discursive production of teaching quality assessment report 85
- Discursive construction of Chinese foreign policy 105
- The re-imagined West in Chinese television 127
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Book review
- Tian, Hailong. Discourse Studies: Categories, Perspectives and Methodologies 145
- Index 149
