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Discourse

Discourse is a generalization of the notion of a conversation to any form of communication. Discourse is a major topic in social theory, with work spanning fields such as sociology, anthropology, continental philosophy, and discourse analysis.

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Social theory

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Discourse

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples112
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

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Discourse

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related to Further reading · 53
Discourse → Alec, Archaeology, Bonny, Brain, Discipline, English, Foucault, Foucault Primer, Gendered Discourses, Gordon, Grace, Harry, Howard, Ideology, ISBN, JSTOR, Knowledge, Language, Leitch, McHoul
related to Foucault · 10
Discourse → As, Foucault, Foucault's, Iara Lessa, In, In The Archaeology, Internal, Knowledge, Michel Foucault, The
see also · 8
Discourse → Discipline, Frankfurt School, Jürgen Habermas, Modernity, Philosophical Discourse, Philosophy, PunishDiscourse, StudiesDispositifDynamic
related to Social theory · 7
Discourse → For, French, In, Likewise, Many, Michel Foucault, Political
related to Poststructuralism (Foucault) · 6
Discourse → Following, Hence, In, Postmodern, Postmodernists, Rather
related to Modernism · 5
Discourse → In, Modernism, Modernist, Regnier, Such
is a · 4
Discourse → communications medium through which power relations produce men and women who can speak.The interrelation between power and knowledge renders every human relationship into a pow…, generalization of the notion of a conversation to any form of communication, major topic in social theory, social boundary that defines what statements can be said about a topic
related to Discourse analysis · 4
Discourse → Common, Generally, The, There
related to External links · 4
Discourse → Chinese, DiscourseNet, Lun, Retrovirology
related to Formal semantics and pragmatics · 1
Discourse → In

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language power social foucault theory discourses knowledge theorists new michel semantics postmodern isbn relations york understood work analysis communication individual

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Discourseis ageneralization of the notion of a conversation to any form of communication0.90text
Discourseis amajor topic in social theory0.90text
Discourseis asocial boundary that defines what statements can be said about a topic0.90text
Discourseis acommunications medium through which power relations produce men and women who can speak.The interrelation between power and knowledge renders every human relationship into a pow…0.90text
sociologyinstance ofwith work spanning fields0.80text
anthropologyinstance ofwith work spanning fields0.80text
continental philosophyinstance ofwith work spanning fields0.80text
and discourse analysisinstance ofwith work spanning fields0.80text
textsinstance ofembarked on analyzing discourses0.80text
languageinstance ofembarked on analyzing discourses0.80text
policiesinstance ofembarked on analyzing discourses0.80text
and practices.FoucaultIn the works of the philosopher Michel Foucaultinstance ofembarked on analyzing discourses0.80text

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