Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity
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Joachim Scharloth
Abstract
The article characterizes metainvectivity as a constitutive force in the construction of the invective and the analysis of metainvective debates as a key to understanding the functions of invectivity for the constitution of the social order. Using the concepts of human dignity, honour, shame, politeness, and recognition as examples, the paper illustrates that in core theories constructive exchange is considered the normal case, while the invective dimension is considered to be an exception. In contrast to this, this paper attempts to highlight that the reorientation associated with the notion of invectivity is that it interprets social interactions as fundamentally ambiguous. Based on the insight that metainvective practices always bear the potential to be invective themselves, metainvective debates are characterised as a contested enregisterment for symbolic practices. By looking at recurring patterns in current metainvective debates, the article illustrates that these debates are mediums for negotiating conceptions of social order.
Abstract
The article characterizes metainvectivity as a constitutive force in the construction of the invective and the analysis of metainvective debates as a key to understanding the functions of invectivity for the constitution of the social order. Using the concepts of human dignity, honour, shame, politeness, and recognition as examples, the paper illustrates that in core theories constructive exchange is considered the normal case, while the invective dimension is considered to be an exception. In contrast to this, this paper attempts to highlight that the reorientation associated with the notion of invectivity is that it interprets social interactions as fundamentally ambiguous. Based on the insight that metainvective practices always bear the potential to be invective themselves, metainvective debates are characterised as a contested enregisterment for symbolic practices. By looking at recurring patterns in current metainvective debates, the article illustrates that these debates are mediums for negotiating conceptions of social order.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Invectivity 1
- Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity 11
- Intentionalität vs. Normierung. Zu einem systematischen Aspekt des Diskriminierungsbegriffs 27
- who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation 45
- Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz 71
- The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis 93
- „Politik den Profis überlassen“? Konstellationen des Invektiven im Kontext von Demonstrationen und Bürgerbeteiligung 115
- „Der Draht ist gut, hält uns ab vom dummen Leben“ 129
- Invektiven im Genozid. Zu Zeugnissen von überlebenden Tutsi 149
- Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans 177
- Vernetzung der Diskurse in der Invektive. Der Fall Silvia Romano 199
- Index 231
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Invectivity 1
- Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity 11
- Intentionalität vs. Normierung. Zu einem systematischen Aspekt des Diskriminierungsbegriffs 27
- who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation 45
- Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz 71
- The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis 93
- „Politik den Profis überlassen“? Konstellationen des Invektiven im Kontext von Demonstrationen und Bürgerbeteiligung 115
- „Der Draht ist gut, hält uns ab vom dummen Leben“ 129
- Invektiven im Genozid. Zu Zeugnissen von überlebenden Tutsi 149
- Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans 177
- Vernetzung der Diskurse in der Invektive. Der Fall Silvia Romano 199
- Index 231
