Studies in the Theory of Ideology

Preface and Acknowledgements vii

Introduction 1

1 Ideology and the Social Imaginary 16
An appraisal of Castoriadis and Lefort

2 Symbolic Violence 42
Language and power in the writings of Pierre Bourdieu

3 Theories of Ideology and Methods of Discourse Analysis 73
Towards a framework for the analysis of ideology

I Theories of ideology
Ideology as belief system: Martin Seliger
Ideology as rational project: Alvin Gouldner
Ideology as social relations: Paul Hirst
II Methods of discourse analysis
Analysis of exchange structure: John Sinclair et al.
Analysis of conversational structure: Harvey Sacks et al.
Analysis of grammatical structure: Roger Fowler et al.
III Analysis of ideology: some open issues
Conceptualization of ideology
Methodology of interpretation
Critique and justification

4 The Theory of Structuration 148
An assessment of the contribution of Anthony Giddens

5 Action, Ideology and the Text 173
A reformulation of Ricoeur's theory of interpretation

6 Narratives of National Socialism 205
An analysis of the work of Jean Pierre Faye

7 Ideology and the Analysis of Discourse 232
A critical introduction to the work of Michel Pecheux

8 Universal Pragmatics 255
Habermas's proposals for the analysis of language and truth

9 Rationality and Social Rationalization 279
An assessment of Habermas's theory of communicative action

Notes 303

Index 343