“Dancing with doxa”: A “Rhetorical Political Analysis” of David Cameron’s sense of Britishness

Finlayson, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3939-349X (2018) “Dancing with doxa”: A “Rhetorical Political Analysis” of David Cameron’s sense of Britishness. In: Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture . John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 59-77. ISBN 9789027201935

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Abstract

This chapter explains some of the background to political theorists' and political scientists' interest in language. It then introduces and explains Rhetorical Political Analysis (RPA) contrasting it with approaches to the study of political language, such as Critical Discourse Studies, found within Linguistics. It then briefly demonstrates the application of RPA through a discussion a study of David Cameron's Bloomberg speech on Europe. The analysis highlights in particular the way the speech echoes British conservative precedents and the the way in which "Britishness" emerges as a key 'catachrestical' term.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	rhetoric,politics,linguistics,europe,conservatism,britishness,rhetorical political analysis
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics
Related URLs:	https://benjamins.com/catalog/dapsac.80
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2017 00:03
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2024 00:08
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61920
DOI:	isbn:9789027201935

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