Este libro invita a la reflexión. Michael Billig presenta una serie de relevantes ensayos que desarrollan e ilustran su enfoque retórico de la psicología social.
¿Por qué la gente no olvida su identidad nacional? Billig sugiere que el nacionalismo cotidiano se encuentra presente en los medios de comunicación, en numerosos símbolos omnipresentes y en ciertos hábitos rutinarios...
Aquest és un llibre que representa un important desafiament a les concepcions ortodoxes del nacionalisme i que se centra especialment en la crítica al nacionalisme de les nacions estat. Mentre que la teoria tradicional ha posat el punt de...
Modern academia is increasingly competitive yet the writing style of social scientists is routinely poor and continues to deteriorate. Are social science postgraduates being taught to write poorly? What conditions adversely affect the way they write? And...
This delightful, thought-provoking book tackles head-on the assumption that laughter and humour are necessarily good in themselves. The author proposes a social theory that places humour central to social life. Billig argues that all cultures use ridicule...
In Freudian Repression, Michael Billig presents an original reformulation of Freud's concept of repression, showing that in his theory of the unconscious he fails to examine how people actually repress shameful thoughts. Drawing on recent insights...
Michael Billigâs rhetorical approach has been key to the discursive turn in the social sciences. His witty and original book examines argumentation and its psychological importance in human conduct and traces the connections between anci...
Michael Billig presents a major challenge to orthodox conceptions of nationalism in this elegantly written book. While traditional theorizing has tended to the focus on extreme expressions of nationalism, the author turns his attention to the everyday,...