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Panel "Rationality in Discourse. Universalist and Contextualized Views" (Second International Conference on Discourse Pragmatics, Online)

Since decades, rationality has been viewed as a cornerstone of linguistic-pragmatic theories of communicative action. Both in Habermas’s theory of communicative action (derived, among others things, from speech act theory) and in Grice’s intentionalist theory of meaning, the presupposition of rationality of conversationalists plays a central role.

Autumn School "The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD)" 2023

Following the success of the last four international workshops with participants from different countries and all world regions, there will be a fifth introductory workshop in English on the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD) at the University of Augsburg in October 2023.

Situating Soft Authoritarianism Between Geopolitical Complexities and Everyday Practices

The Russian government’s war against Ukraine has exposed multiple dimensions and geopolitical faultlines of contemporary authoritarianisms: The systematic hijacking of state institutions and accumulation of wealth through the extraction and capitalization of gas, oil and coal clearly stand out as indispensable preconditions for Russia’s neo-imperialism and military power. The invasion has been accompanied by the dissemination of state-steered lies, disinformation and ethno-nationalist narratives.

Decolonising Discourse Studies: Qualitative research on (non)discursive and postcolonial construction of realities

Discourse Studies have an important record of analysing all types of open and subtle discrimination in and through discourses. Racism in all its varieties is one of the most researched topics in discourse studies.