ABSTRACT
In Chapter 8, I develop the second analytical strand in three ways:
I show how an ethical subjectivity can be constructed via keywords instead of lemmas.
I highlight how a different type of digital supplement can be used for revealing where a public sphere argument unravels – the discussion forum underneath an online argument.
I develop appreciation of the extent to which an argument’s cohesive structure can be deconstructed because of collocation deficit. I do this by showing, in more detail than up till now, how deconstruction of local (micro) cohesive chains can have significant impact on global (macro) cohesive chains in a public sphere argument.
The topic of the public sphere argument I examine is the ‘new atheism’ associated with intellectuals such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett. The argument explicitly attacks the standpoint of ‘new atheism’. I shall indicate why I view ‘new atheism’ as a relatively powerless standpoint. Lastly, as with previous chapters in Parts II and III, the appropriations from Derrida apply. I keep mention of these to a bare minimum now in the interests of avoiding unnecessary repetition.