Religious and National Discourses - (Diskursmuster / Discourse Patterns) by Hanna Acke & Silvia Bonacchi & Charlotta Seiler Brylla & Ingo H Warnke

About the Book

The book introduces a new perspective on discursive categorisations in societies. We suggest a shift from minority/majority differentiations towards an analysis of marginalising and centralising discourses which leave room for contradictions and ren

Book Synopsis

The editors of this volume have combined their expertise in discourse, contradiction, minority and diversity studies to suggest a change of perspective from categorisations into societal minorities and majorities towards an analysis of marginalising and centralising discourses. For this purpose, we have gathered interdisciplinary-minded authors from linguistics, literary and religious studies, political and historical sciences. Their contributions focus on contradictions of religious and national belonging as well as intersections of religion and nation in many different regions of the world from the 18th century until today. While illustrating the diversity and contradictions of religious and national belonging across time and space, the chapters of the book contribute to an understanding of the dynamics of questions of belonging and the associated constant renegotiations of power within these discursive processes.

About the Author

H. Acke, Åbo Akd. U.; S. Bonacchi, U. Warsaw; C. Junker, Techn. U. Dresden; I. H. Warnke, U. of Bremen; C. Seiler Brylla, Stockholm U.