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To examine how language, discursive practices, and methodological frameworks construct knowledge and operate as instruments of political power.

March 1, 1979Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

Language, Counter-Memory, Practice: Selected Essays and Interviews.

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BCBeng‐Huat ChuaNational University of Singapore MFMichel FoucaultNational Council for Scientific and Technological Development DBDonald F. Bouchard

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Critical compilation demonstrates the relationship between language, knowledge, and political power, highlighting core tenets of continental structuralist theory.

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To examine how language, discursive practices, and methodological frameworks construct knowledge and operate as instruments of political power.
Compiled and translated seven foundational French essays, a College de France lecture summary, an interview from Actuel, and a dialogue between Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze.
Structured the collection into three thematic parts addressing the limits of language, discursive methodology in literature, and political dimensions of power and knowledge.
Identifies language as a foundational boundary that actively structures human identity and the limits of knowledge.
Demonstrates how literary language penetrates discursive thought to establish specific methodological guidelines for critical theory.
Establishes that language in practice functions as a mechanism for imparting authority, organizing institutions, and exercising political power.

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Chua et al. (1979) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10399f92676d5461fdbf9a https://doi.org/10.2307/2066202

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Critical compilation demonstrates the relationship between language, knowledge, and political power, highlighting core tenets of continental structuralist theory.

Language, Counter-Memory, Practice: Selected Essays and Interviews.

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Language, Counter-Memory, Practice: Selected Essays and Interviews.

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