Theoretical Foundations for SKAD Within Sociology of Knowledge

This chapter argues the benefits of embedding discourse analysis in SK. It starts with a discussion of the relationship between signs, typifications, and discourses, followed by a consideration of the relation between discourse and discursive event (i.e., statement-event). It then addresses the conceptualization of social actors and practices implicated by SK. Finally, it introduces the relationship between public discourses, special discourses, and discursive formations, the relation between discourses, events and problematizations, and the discursive mattering of matter.