[Tps] Ph.D Course: Discourse Theory and Empirical Research: Politics, ideology and analytical strategies

[Flemming Bjerke]

Ph.D students can still register to the course:

Discourse Theory and Empirical Research: 
Politics, ideology and analytical strategies
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From: 2007/06/06 To: 2007/06/08
Responsible: Allan Dreyer Hansen & Torben Bech Dyrberg, Dept. of Social 
Sciences and Globalisation, Roskilde University

The idea is that the student should get a grasp of the most important aspects 
of the theory and to be able to use discourse theoretical concepts such as 
articulation, dislocation and equivalence/difference in analyses in empirical 
research. To be able to do that the seminar aims to:
(1) focus on the central arguments in Laclau’s discourse theory;
(2) relate these to other theoretical traditions and
(3) develop an operational discourse theoretical approach.

To illustrate the theoretical arguments, two cases will be presented: one on 
new ideological frontiers dealing with identity politics in relation to 
right/left, and the other on Jyllandsposten’s Muhammad cartoons and the 
crisis it triggered in 2005-2006. We will also discuss meta-theoretical 
issues related to models of explanation, subjectivism/objectivism and the 
question of relativism.
Ph.D students are welcome to present papers, which will be circulated among 
the participants in the seminar.
They should be sent to the organisers not later than Monday 21 May. Further 
information: Sekretariatet (sek at polforsk.dk)

http://nepos.net/course_full_view?nn=1255

Flemming Bjerke
The Danish Political Science Research School
http://polforsk.dk