Open AccessEconomistic discourses of sustainability: determining moments and the question of alternatives
Author(s) -
Esther Meyer,
Ulli Vilsmaier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sustentabilidade em debate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2179-9067
pISSN - 2177-7675
DOI - 10.18472/sustdeb.v11n1.2020.26663
Subject(s) - sustainability , hegemony , sociology , discourse analysis , politics , perspective (graphical) , work (physics) , critical discourse analysis , sustainable development , epistemology , linguistics , political science , ecology , computer science , mechanical engineering , philosophy , artificial intelligence , ideology , law , biology , engineering
The dissemination of sustainability has worldwide increased significantly in discourses and politics since the UN-resolution of the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ in 2015. Nevertheless, the meanings of the concept vary in different linguistic communities and cultures. The present article comprises a meta-analytic revision of discourse-analytic work and a own discourse analysis of sustainability concepts in an intercultural orientation. The results show hegemonic discourses of economistic conceptualizations as well as alternatives, which are constituted in different linguistic communities. The article wants to contribute to an exchange and a profound discussion between the linguistic groups as well as to a methodological reflection on discourse analysis from an intercultural perspective.