The Coalition Of The Very Interested

Highly Visible Neocon Hawks

Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz

permanent interests

energy sector around Halliburton, Exxon Mobil, ChevronTexaco and other giant multinationals defense industry interests around Boeing, LockheedMartin, Raytheon, NorthrupGrumman and others.

To help support Wikipedia, please visit our fundraising page, or read about how we use the money. Agonistic pluralism

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Agonistic pluralism is a term used by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe to describe their model of democracy.

They argue that a society without differing opinions will never be possible, which is why instead of trying to struggle for an ideal which can never be reached society should accept this fact and try to "overcome" differences by accepting the different opinions (thus agonism as opposed to antagonism).

To help support Wikipedia, please visit our fundraising page, or read about how we use the money. Critical discourse analysis

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Critical Discourse Analysis, or CDA is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of text and talk, which views "language as a form of social practice" (Fairclough 1989: 20) and attempts "to unpack the ideological underpinnings of discourse that have become so naturalized over time that we begin to treat them as common, acceptable and natural features of discourse" (Teo 2000).

Norman Fairclough's books, Language and Power (1989) and Critical Discourse Analysis (1995), articulate a three-dimensional framework for studying discourse, "where the aim is to map three separate forms of analysis onto one another: analysis of (spoken or written) language texts, analysis of discourse practice (processes of text production, distribution and consumption) and analysis of discursive events as instances of sociocultural practice" (1995: 2).

In addition to linguistic theory, the approach draws from social theory--and contributions from Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser, Jurgen Habermas, and Michel Foucault--in order to examine ideologies and power relations involved in discourse. Fairclough notes "that language connects with the social through being the primary domain of ideology, and through being both a site of, and a stake in, struggles for power" (1989: 15).

Notable researchers include Norman Fairclough, Paul Chilton, Teun van Dijk, Christina Shaffner, Ruth Wodak, Peter Teo, Roger Fowler, Gunther Kress, and Robert Hodge.

References

* Fairclough, Norman. 1989. Language and Power. Harlow: Longman Group UK Limited. * Fairclough, Norman. 1995. Critical Discourse Analysis. Harlow: Longman Group UK Limited. * Talbot, Mary, Karen Atkinson and David Atkinson. 2003. Language and Power in the Modern World. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Ltd. * Teo, Peter. 2000. Racism in the news: a Critical Discourse Analysis of news reporting in two Australian newspapers. Discourse and Society, 11: 1, 7-49. [Cited in Talbot, Atkinson and Atkinson 20

To help support Wikipedia, please visit our fundraising page, or read about how we use the money. Critical discourse analysis

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Critical Discourse Analysis, or CDA is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of text and talk, which views "language as a form of social practice" (Fairclough 1989: 20) and attempts "to unpack the ideological underpinnings of discourse that have become so naturalized over time that we begin to treat them as common, acceptable and natural features of discourse" (Teo 2000).

Norman Fairclough's books, Language and Power (1989) and Critical Discourse Analysis (1995), articulate a three-dimensional framework for studying discourse, "where the aim is to map three separate forms of analysis onto one another: analysis of (spoken or written) language texts, analysis of discourse practice (processes of text production, distribution and consumption) and analysis of discursive events as instances of sociocultural practice" (1995: 2).

In addition to linguistic theory, the approach draws from social theory--and contributions from Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser, Jurgen Habermas, and Michel Foucault--in order to examine ideologies and power relations involved in discourse. Fairclough notes "that language connects with the social through being the primary domain of ideology, and through being both a site of, and a stake in, struggles for power" (1989: 15).

Notable researchers include Norman Fairclough, Paul Chilton, Teun van Dijk, Christina Shaffner, Ruth Wodak, Peter Teo, Roger Fowler, Gunther Kress, and Robert Hodge.

References

* Fairclough, Norman. 1989. Language and Power. Harlow: Longman Group UK Limited. * Fairclough, Norman. 1995. Critical Discourse Analysis. Harlow: Longman Group UK Limited. * Talbot, Mary, Karen Atkinson and David Atkinson. 2003. Language and Power in the Modern World. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Ltd. * Teo, Peter. 2000. Racism in the news: a Critical Discourse Analysis of news reporting in two Australian newspapers. Discourse and Society, 11: 1, 7-49. [Cited in Talbot, Atkinson and Atkinson 20

 

"I would have loved to have been one of Helmut's women. I can't think of a greater compliment than to have been deemed worthy of Helmut's lens." Anna Wintour

July 7, 2004 -- SHE rules the world of women's fashion magazines, but Vogue's Anna Wintour can't have everything. "I would have loved to have been one of Helmut's women," she said at the Paris memorial service for Helmut Newton. "I can't think of a greater compliment than to have been deemed worthy of Helmut's lens." WWD re ports Wintour first worked with Newton, known for his S&M photos of full-bodied models, carting around props when she was an assistant at Harpers & Queen magazine.

Taurus (Apr. 20-May 20)

The moon glides into your fourth house of clarity on the 22nd, bringing you the perfect temperament to envision your ideal lovelife. As our high-school track coach used to say: believe, achieve. (That track coach was later arrested for DUI, so watch your drinking.) Starting Saturday, attached Tauruses will experience a period of stormy passion. Cancel your plans to attend outdoor activities and make sure you have enough lube.