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Political Discourse in Transition in Europe 1989–1991
Editors
The year 1989 brought political upheavals in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, the effects of which have not yet ended. The political discourse of the Cold War period disintegrated and gave way to competing alternatives. The contributors to this book are linguists, discourse analysts and social scientists, from all corners of the continent, whose tools of analysis shed light on the crucial two years of transition during which political concepts and political interaction changed in dramatic and sometimes violent ways.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 36] 1998. xi, 272 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 26 July 2011
Published online on 26 July 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments | pp. vii–viii
- Preface | pp. ix–x
- Note on Contributors | pp. xi–11
- Introduction: Political Discourse and the European Transformation | pp. 1–2
- A Chronology of ChangeMikhail V. Ilyin | p. 3
- Making Sense of the Cold War’s CollapsePaul Chilton | p. 15
- The Pragmatics of TransitionJacob L. Mey | p. 25
- I. The Collapse of Soviet Discourse
- The Collapse of Empire and Search for Cultural IdentityVictor M. Sergeyev and Nikolai Ivanovich Biryukov | p. 37
- Processes of Political Communication in the USSRGeorgii Pocheptsov | p. 51
- The Restructuring of Soviet Political DiscourseAlexandre Bourmeyster | p. 69
- II. Political Vocabulary in Transition
- From Comrades to Consumers: Interpersonal Aspects of the LexiconLudmila Minaeva | p. 87
- Breakthrough and Blind Alley: The Lexicon of PerestroikaMarina Kaul | p. 95
- Opposition Discourse in Russia: Political Pamphlets 1989–91Elena Borisova | p. 111
- Justice, Equality and Freedom: The Structure of Value ConceptsAnatolii N. Baranov | p. 131
- Continuity and Change: German Discourse after UnificationChristina Schäffner and Peter Porsch | p. 147
- Translating the Transition: What is the Russian for ‘Perestroika’?Kay P. Richardson | p. 173
- III. Discourse, Identity and Conflict
- The Construction of Nation and State: Discourse and Social SpacePierre Achard | p. 191
- Cognitive Dimensions of Identity: Ethnic Stereotypes in PolandIdalia Kurcz | p. 215
- Defining Democracy: Transitional Discourse in Georgia 1990–91Christina Teichmann | p. 233
- Language and Identity in Bosnia-HerzegovinaJasna Levinger | p. 251
“[...] very relevant, not only as a collection of scholarly essays with considerable documentary value, but also as a document in which the socio-political and cultural embeddedness of scientific practice is inscribed.
[...] fascinating and timely, for more than just students of political discourse.
”Jan Blommaert, University of Ghent, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 21:2
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