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Uses linguistic and semiotic analytical techniques to interrogate the use of language in the construction of political discourses. An impressively broad range of methodologies is used, each to explore a substantive political issue.

Political science --- Social sciences. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Methodology. --- #SBIB:303H13 --- #SBIB:309H518 --- #SBIB:32H3 --- #SBIB:IO --- Methodology --- Methoden en technieken: politieke wetenschappen --- Verbale communicatie: sociologie, antropologie, sociolinguistiek --- Politieke wetenschappen: inleidende werken, handboeken, methoden --- Science politique --- Méthodologie

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This chapter addresses how concepts of narrative and narration have been used in theories of cultural trauma. My point of departure is an article by Wulf Kansteiner and Harald Weilnböck, where they criticize the concept of cultural trauma or what they call the paradigm of "deconstructive trauma discourse." They argue that this paradigm not only misuses the concept of psychological trauma by adapting it to a cultural realm, but also refuses to recognize the significance of narratives in trauma therapy. I will challenge their criticism by taking a closer look at how the concept of cultural traum

Psycholinguistics --- Fiction --- Pragmatics --- Discourse analysis --- Narrative inquiry (Research method) --- Cohesion (Linguistics) --- Psychological aspects --- Coherence (Linguistics) --- Cohesiveness (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Narrative analysis (Research method) --- Narrative research (Research method) --- Narratological inquiry (Research method) --- Research --- Psychological aspects. --- Discourse analysis - Psychological aspects