In:Speaking for the Nation: Intellectuals and nation-building in the post-Yugoslav space
Federico Giulio Sicurella
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 88] 2020
► pp. 35–86
Chapter 3Intellectuals and nation-building
An interdisciplinary critical discourse-analytical approach
Published online: 8 June 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.88.c3
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.88.c3
Article outline
- 3.1Intellectuals and discourse: A complex relationship
- 3.1.1Towards a definition of ‘the intellectual’
- 3.1.2Intellectual spokespersonship between positioning and discourse
- 3.2Spokespersonship for the nation: Intellectuals as nation-makers
- 3.2.1The modern intellectual as a ‘nation-maker’
- 3.2.2Intellectuals and nation-building in the contemporary world
- 3.3The representation of the nation in public discourse
- 3.3.1The discursive representation of the nation: Macro-topics
- 3.4Intellectual spokespersonship for the nation: A framework for critical discourse analysis
- 3.4.1The Discourse-Historical Approach to critical discourse studies
- 3.4.2A framework for the analysis of intellectual spokespersonship for the
nation
- First component: Macro-strategies of construction of the intellectual self
- Second component: Macro-strategies of intellectual spokespersonship for the nation
- Third component: Macro-strategies of representation of the nation in public discourse
- 3.5Design of the research
- 3.5.1First step: Opinion pieces as an arena for intellectual debate
- 3.5.2Second step: Selecting the case studies
- Case study 1 – Serbia: The aftermath of the declaration of independence of Kosovo in 2008
- Case study 2 – Croatia’s accession into the European Union in 2013
- Case study 3 – Bosnia and Herzegovina: The 2014 anti-government protests
- 3.5.3Third step: Selecting representative newspapers and magazines
- 3.5.4Fourth step: Creation of the data sample
- 3.5.5Overview of the final samples for the three case studies
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