Interpreting the Political

Terrell Carver is a Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol., Matti Hyvarinen is Research Fellow at the University of Tampere, Finland. Moving between political science and sociology, he has researched and published on social movements, including two books on the Finnish student movement, using autobiographical methodology and theories of rhetoric. He is currently working on the conceptual history of Finnish political culture.

• Chapter 1 Introduction, Terrell Carver, Matti Hyvärinen; Chapter 2 Identity and narrative in prime-time politics, Terrell Carver; Chapter 3 Rhetoric and conversion in student politics, Matti Hyvärinen; Chapter 4 Sex and discourse, Véronique Mottier; Chapter 5 Aspects of Irish political culture, Valerie Bresnihan; Chapter 6 Mapping women, mapping the self, Marja Keränen; Chapter 7 Dimensions of the political, Kari Palonen; Chapter 8 Reading politically, Klaus Sondermann; Chapter 9 Invention and community, Josef Bleicher; Chapter 10 The simulation syndrome, James Der Derian;