Anti-CRT discourse functions as a strategy for seizing institutional power.
Evidence
A discourse is a way of talking about or representing something. It produces knowledge that shapes perceptions and practice. It is part of the way in which power operates. Therefore, it has consequences for both those who employ it and those who are “subjected” to it. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 687 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Who needs censorship when the truth can be buried under a pile of bullshit? And isn’t this precisely what the issue of post-truth is all about: That truth does not matter as much as feelings? That we can’t even tell anymore what is true and what is not? — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 227 (
#complicates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Discourse produces knowledge that shapes perceptions and enacts power — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 687; Said conflates power relations with communicative discourse — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 31; Political language weaponizes selective concepts to serve power. (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Discourse produces knowledge that shapes perceptions and enacts power
#expands(0.95) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 687 - Political language weaponizes selective concepts to serve power.
#corroborates(0.95) - Flooding discourse with dishonesty can displace censorship as a control tool
#complicates(0.90) — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 227 - Discourse analysis exposes how philosophy serves dominant power interests
#qualifies(0.85) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 844 - Words and political talk themselves constitute subversive action
#corroborates(0.85) - Subordinate and resistance discourses can mutate power structures unpredictably.
#expands(0.85) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 76 - Said conflates power relations with communicative discourse
#contradicts(0.80) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 31 - Revolutionary rhetoric can mask active counterrevolutionary alliances
#complicates(0.80) - Pluralistic institutional openness can disguise strategic defense against political attacks on humanities
#contradicts(0.75)