{"product_id":"textual-politics-discourse-and-social-dynamics-hardback","title":"Textual Politics: Discourse And Social Dynamics - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTexts 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45576449523950,"sku":"9780748402151","price":244.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/textual-politics-discourse-and-social-dynamics-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}