Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Framing Discursive Illusions ; 1.1 Framing the Discourse of Illusion; 1.2 Metaphor and the Discourse of Illusion; 1.3 Recontextualisation; 1.4 Categorisation; 1.5 Public Discourse; 1.5.1 Discourses of Terrorism ; 1.5.2 Media Discourse ; 1.5.3 Business Discourse ; 1.6 Summary; 2. Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives ; 2.1 Analytical Framework; 2.2 History; 2.2.1 Tools for the Analysis of History: Structured Immediacy ; 2.3 Linguistic and Semiotic Action
2.3.1 Tools for the Analysis of Linguistic and Semiotic Action: Critical Metaphor Analysis 2.4 Social Impact; 2.4.1 Tools for the Analysis of Social Impact: Membership Categorisation Analysis ; 2.5 Textual and Contextual Resources Employed for Analysis; 2.6 Data Set; 2.7 Summary; 3. Political Voices in Terrorism ; 3.1 The Discourses of Terrorism; 3.2 Good vs. Evil; 3.3 Attack vs. Defence; 3.4 Law vs. Lawless; 3.4.1 Appeal to 'Lawful' Authority ; 3.5 Alliance vs. Opposition; 4. Activist Voices in New Media ; 4.1 The Arab Spring; 4.2 New Media in the Revolution; 4.3 The Revolution
4.3.1 Revolutionary vs. Anti-Revolutionary 4.3.2 Old Egypt vs. New Egypt ; 4.4 The Square; 5. Corporate Voices in Climate Change ; 5.1 The Discourses of the Environment; 5.2 Corporate Social Responsibility; 5.2.1 International Standards for CSR Reporting ; 5.2.2 CSR Practices in China, America and India ; 5.2.3 China, India and America: Key Players in the Environmental Debate ; 5.3 Self-Promotion; 5.4 Goodwill; 5.5 Self-Justification; 6. Conclusions and Implications ; 6.1 The Rise of Discursive Illusions; 6.2 Findings; 6.3 Us vs. Them; 6.4 Implications; Index
