{"product_id":"textual-politics-discourse-and-social-dynamics","title":"Textual Politics: Discourse And Social Dynamics","description":"Texts record the meanings we make: in words, pictures and deeds, and politics chronicles our uses of power in shaping social relationships large and small. Textual politics is about meaning - the meaning we make with words and with the symbolic values of every object and action.; The book begins with an introduction which discusses the relationship between Discourse And The Notions Of Power And Ideology. These Concepts Are Then applied to major issues: the social construction of class, gender and individuality; the rhetoric of polarizing social controversies religious fundamentalism vs. gay rights; and the abuse of technical language in policy arguments educational research vs. conservative politics. The book ends with chapters which extend the theory to processes of large- scale social change and apply it to the challenges facing education and political action in the new global information century.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54255934275928,"sku":"9780748402168","price":65.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780748402168_6be3a777-49ee-499f-89a5-a6ad62a68d8e.jpg?v=1777272316","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/textual-politics-discourse-and-social-dynamics","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}