Speech act theory and democratic communication : re-thinking the role of speech and the body in democratic theory and practice

This thesis investigates a leading bias of democratic thought, both popular and academic: that speech is the only and best modality of political action in democracy. Through the texts of J.L. Austin, Pierre Bourdieu and Hannah Arendt I investigate exclusionary consequences of this dimension of cont...

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Main Author: Willson, Mark Adrian
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/16791

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