Voloshinov’s Sociological Analysis of Ideology

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2022v27n1e44412

Keywords:

ideology, philosophy of language, marxism, social semiotics, socio-ethnographic analysis.

Abstract

Valentin Voloshinov’s “Marxism and the Philosophy of Language” (1929) stands out as one of the highest expressions of the vivid intellectual life of the early years of post-revolutionary Russia. Starting with a discussion regarding the epistemological foundations of the work, this paper aims to bring to light Voloshinov’s seminal contributions to a Marxist social semiotics, studying ideological signs as fields of struggle between social accentuations carried out by various social groups and classes. Underlining the strong elective affinities with both Vygotky’s (1896-1934) cultural-historical psychology and Gramsci’s (1891-1937) political thought, we argue that Voloshinov’s (1895-1936) sociological method in the science of language provides the ground for quite a fruitful socio-ethnographic approach of the ideological dimension of social relations. By so doing, it casts a dynamic light on the political side of concrete language interactions, as an original contribution to the expansion of the Marxist research program.

Author Biography

Sébastien Gabriel Fabien Ghislain Antoine, Université Catholique de Louvain (SSH/ESPO/PSAD).

PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the Université Catholique de Louvain (2017).

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2022-04-29

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ANTOINE, Sébastien Gabriel Fabien Ghislain. Voloshinov’s Sociological Analysis of Ideology. Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais, Londrina, v. 27, n. 1, 2022. DOI: 10.5433/2176-6665.2022v27n1e44412. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/44412. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

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