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Ideology
A Multidisciplinary Approach
- Teun A Van Dijk - Pompeu Fabra University, Spain; Centre of Discourse Studies, Spain, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
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Communication and Media Studies (General) | Political Theory & Thought (General) | Social Theory
Communication and Media Studies (General) | Political Theory & Thought (General) | Social Theory
March 1998 | 384 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
The definition of ideology continues to occupy scholars across a wide range of disciplines. In this book, Teun A van Dijk sketches a challenging new multidisciplinary framework for theorizing ideology. He defines ideology as the basis of the social representations of a group, its functions in terms of social relations between groups, and its reproduction as enacted by discourse. Contemporary racist discourse is examined to illustrate these ideological relations between cognition, society and discourse.
Introduction
PART ONE: COGNITION
Ideas and Beliefs
Social Beliefs
Structures and Strategies
Structures of Ideologies
Values
Mental Models
Consistency
Consciousness
Common Sense
Knowledge and Truth
Identity
Social Cognition
PART TWO: SOCIETY
Ideology and Society
Groups
Group Relations
Elites
Dominant Ideologies?
Institutions
PART THREE: DISCOURSE
The Relevance of Discourse
Discourse Structures
Context
Reproduction
From Cognition to Discourse
Persuasion
Legitimation
Ideological Discourse Structures
The Ideology and Discourse of Modern Racism
Conclusions
