Discourse: noun, verb or social practice?

Potter, Jonathan; Wetherell, Margaret; Gill, Ros and Edwards, Derek (1990). Discourse: noun, verb or social practice? Philosophical Psychology, 3(2 & 3), pp. 205–217.

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link:	http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1080/09515089008572999
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Abstract

This paper comments on some of the different senses of the notion of discourse in the various relevant literatures and then overviews the basic features of a coherent discourse analytic programme in Psychology. Parker's approach is criticised for (a) its tendency to reify discourses as objects; (b) its undeveloped notion of analytic practice; (c) its vulnerability to common sense assumptions. It ends by exploring the virtues of 'interpretative repertoires' over 'discourses' as an analytic/theoretical notion.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Copyright Holders:	1990 Routledge
ISSN:	1465-394X
Academic Unit/Department:	Social Sciences > Psychology in the Social Sciences
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG)
Item ID:	24366
Depositing User:	Margaret Wetherell
Date Deposited:	09 May 2011 14:29
Last Modified:	11 May 2011 13:19
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/24366

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