Blair’s contribution to elaborating a new ‘doctrine of international community’

Fairclough, Norman

doi:10.1075/jlp.4.1.03fai

Article published In: The Soft Power of War: Legitimacy and community in Iraq war discourses
Edited by Lilie Chouliaraki
[Journal of Language and Politics 4:1] 2005
► pp. 41–63

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Blair’s contribution to elaborating a new ‘doctrine of international community’

Norman Fairclough | Lancaster University

Published online: 8 June 2005

https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.4.1.03fai

This paper examines the recent move towards a new regime of international relations and international security from a discourse analytical perspective, focusing on speeches by Tony Blair. I shall discuss how Blair has contributed to the emergence of a new hegemonic discourse of international relations and international security in speeches given between 2000 and 2003.

Keywords: international community, discourse, emergence, hegemony, texturing

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