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Sociology, Cognition, and Linguistics Towards a Theory of Sociognistics
By Edison Bicudo
Copyright 2026
212 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
29 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores how social and political life are decisively shaped by unconscious linguistic operations and practical bodily experiences, rather than exclusively by rationality and consciously crafted arguments.
It demonstrates that frequently, the description of social players as rational beings fails to explain crucial dimensions of contemporary societies. Instead, this book develops a... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Scission: The Unconscious Foundations of Political Life 3. Division: The Political Nature of Metaphoric and Metonymic Understandings 4. Collision: Ideological Discourse as a Bakhtinian Genre 5. Sociognistics: Interpretive Challenges for Today and the Future
Biography
Edison Bicudo is Lecturer in the Department of Society and Politics, Aston University, UK. He is interested in the regulation, governance, digitalisation, and financialisation of biomedical technologies. With a background in sociology, political economy, and geography, he is also interested in the ideological and cognitive underpinnings of health technology governance.
