Ideology and Opinions

Download or read book Ideology and Opinions written by Michael Billig and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 1991-05-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thought-provoking book, Billig presents major essays which develop and illustrate his rhetorical approach to social psychology. His position is that everyday thinking, including the holding of opinions, is of its essence both rhetorical and ideological. The very process of thinking is a process of argumentation and debate - with self, with others and with the ideologies inherent in the social stock of commonsense knowledge. Following an elaboration of the theoretical basis and implications of his argument, the author demonstrates how a rhetorical perspective can be applied empirically. He explores the concept of prejudice, argumentation within the family, commonsense opinions about monarchy and the operations of ide