Contents:
Preface. Chapter 1. `Race', Racism and Discourse. Chaper 2 The Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis of Racism and Antisemitism. Chapter 3. The Coding of a Taboo: Antisemitic Discourse in Postwar Austria. Chapter 4. 'Foreigners', `Aliens', and the 1992/3 'Austria First' Petition of Jörg Haider and the Austrian Freedom Party. Chapter 5: The Political Administration of Social Exculsion. A Discourse Analysis of Authorities' Refusals of Residence Permits for Aliens. Chapter 6. Antisemitism, Racism and Anti-Racism: Challenges for a Critical Discourse Analysis. Bibliography.

Discourse and Discrimination is a study of how racism, antisemitism and ethnicism are reflected in discourse. The authors first survey five established discourse analysis approaches before providing their own model and three case studies. Drawing on a wide range of sources, they question why racism and anti-Semitism are still virulent worldwide.

Ob und inwiefern Diskursanalyse ein kritisches Unterfangen ist, gilt als strittig. Der Band leuchtet die Grunde und Gegenstande dieser Debatte um den Zusammenhang von Diskursanalyse und Kritik aus. Gibt es einen Erziehungs- bzw. Aufklarungsauftrag der Diskursanalyse? Wer und was soll mit der Kritik erreicht werden: die Kritisierten, die Wissenschaft oder ein allgemeines Publikum? Was sind Gegenstande der Kritik: bestimmte diskursive und/oder institutionelle Strukturen, die Diskurse ermoglichen, einzelne Akteur_innen oder Diskurseffekte (wie Normalisierung, bestimmte Subjektivierungen etc.)? Wie hangen methodisches Vorgehen und kritische Haltung zusammen? Und schliesslich: Soll Diskursanalyse uberhaupt einen kritischen Anspruch erheben und, falls ja, wie ware ein solcher zu verstehen?

How do we construct national identities in discourse? Which topics, which discursive strategies and which linguistic devices are employed to construct national sameness and uniqueness on the one hand, and differences to other national collectives on the other hand? The Discursive Construction of National Identity analyses discourses of national identity in Europe with particular attention to Austria. In the tradition of critical discourse analysis, the authors analyse current and on-going transformations in the self-and other definition of national identities using an innovative interdisciplinary approach which combines discourse-historical theory and methodology and political science perspectives. Thus, the rhetorical promotion of national identification and the discursive construction and reproduction of national difference on public, semi-public and semi-private levels within a nation state are analysed in much detail and illustrated with a huge amount of examples taken from many genres (speeches, focus-groups, interviews, media, and so forth). In addition to the critical discourse analysis of multiple genres accompanying various commemorative and celebratory events in 1995, this extended and revised edition is able to draw comparisons with similar events in 2005. The impact of socio-political changes in Austria and in the European Union is also made transparent in the attempts of constructing hegemonic national identities. Key Features: *Discourse-historical approach. *Interdisciplinarity (cultural studies, discourse analysis, history, political science). *Multi-method, multi-genre. *Qualitative case studies.

Diskursanalytische Arbeiten gehoren in jungerer Zeit zu den wichtigsten Impulsen in der gesellschafts- und wissensorientierten Linguistik. Zwei Auspragungen der Diskurslinguistik werden haufig gegenubergestellt: kritische und deskriptive Diskursanalyse. Geht es den deskriptiven Ansatzen um eine Rekonstruktion historischer Bedeutungen und die Freilegung gesellschaftsrelevanter Themen in offentlichen Debatten, so verfolgen kritische Arbeiten vor allem das Ziel einer Analyse von Sprache und Macht. Der Band hinterfragt die Betonung dieses Gegensatzes und reflektiert Gemeinsamkeiten sowie Unterschiede beider Zugange. Eine Abgrenzung erweist sich dabei als wenig sachbezogen, vielmehr als strategisch motiviert. Zu den Zielen des Bandes gehort es daher, die Polarisierung von Deskription und Kritik in der Diskurslinguistik kritisch zu beschreiben und zu hinterfragen."

How do we construct national identities in discourse? Which topics, which discursive strategies and which linguistic devices are employed to construct national sameness and uniqueness on the one hand, and differences to other national collectives on the other hand? The Discursive Construction of National Identity analyses discourses of national identity in Europe with particular attention to Austria. In the tradition of critical discourse analysis, the authors analyse current and on-going transformations in the self-and other definition of national identities using an innovative interdisciplinary approach which combines discourse-historical theory and methodology and political science perspectives. Thus, the rhetorical promotion of national identification and the discursive construction and reproduction of national difference on public, semi-public and semi-private levels within a nation state are analysed in much detail and illustrated with a huge amount of examples taken from many genres (speeches, focus-groups, interviews, media, and so forth). In addition to the critical discourse analysis of multiple genres accompanying various commemorative and celebratory events in 1995, this extended and revised edition is able to draw comparisons with similar events in 2005. The impact of socio-political changes in Austria and in the European Union is also made transparent in the attempts of constructing hegemonic national identities. Key Features: *Discourse-historical approach. *Interdisciplinarity (cultural studies, discourse analysis, history, political science). *Multi-method, multi-genre. *Qualitative case studies.