Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse

Name: Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse
Brand: Taylor & Francis > Multiple Funders

Taylor & Francis > Multiple Funders

The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to DiscourseInvestigating the Politics of Knowledge and Meaning-making.\nAuthor(s): Reiner Keller, Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Wolf Schnemann\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138048720, 978-1138048720\nSynopsis\nThe Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD) has reoriented research into social forms, structuration and processes of meaning construction and reality formation; doing so by linking social constructivist and pragmatist approaches with post-structuralist thinking in order to study discourses and create epistemological space for analysing processes of world-making in culturally diverse environments.\n\nSKAD is anchored in interpretive traditions of inquiry and allows for broadening and possibly overcoming of the epistemological biases and restrictions still common in theories and approaches of Western- and Northern-centric social sciences. An innovative volume,e