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Discourse, action, rhetoric: From a perception to an action paradigm in social psychology
Author(s) -
Durrheim Kevin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02045.x
Subject(s) - rhetoric , action (physics) , perception , focus (optics) , embodied cognition , social psychology , psychology , sociology , politics , social perception , social change , discursive psychology , epistemology , discourse analysis , political science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , law , optics
This article provides a personal account of how discursive social psychology has been used to understand social and political change in South Africa and to reflect on the strengths and limitations of the approach. While celebrating the shift from the perception paradigm to the genuinely social constructionist focus on discursive interaction, the article also argues for an expanded focus on embodied action.