Discourses persist beyond their origins and carry unexamined assumptions forward.

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)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mythic discourse systematically conceals its own origins and institutional basis; Discourse constrains what can be thought about the Other; Histories and causal narratives persist buried inside the language used to tell them (+6 more)

Related

• Discourse constrains what can be thought about the Other (similarity 0.87)
• Discourses persist across centuries by carrying unexamined assumptions into new contexts. (similarity 0.87)
• Discourse produces knowledge that shapes perceptions and enacts power (similarity 0.85)
• Discourses are systems of shared cultural meanings built from interlocking root metaphors. (similarity 0.85)
• Discourse is a system through which knowledge becomes power over the known. (similarity 0.84)
• Binary representation is the destructive mechanism of this discourse (similarity 0.81)
• Effective discourse that organizes power relations constitutes a regime of truth. (similarity 0.81)
• Discourse is a way of representing knowledge that constructs a topic while limiting alternatives (similarity 0.81)
• Power requires an economy of true discourses to function. (similarity 0.81)
• Discourse collapses the thought-action divide and shapes how the West behaved toward others (similarity 0.81)
• Mythic discourse systematically conceals its own origins and institutional basis (similarity 0.80)
• Discourse is neither mere speech nor mere practice but meaning that shapes belief (similarity 0.80)
• Critical Discourse Analysis exposes latent beliefs disguised as neutral metaphors. (similarity 0.80)
• Discourse fuses language and action, dissolving any ideology-movement split (similarity 0.79)
• Root metaphors combine into culturally inherited discourses and discursive practices (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Histories and causal narratives persist buried inside the language used to tell them #exemplifies (0.85)
• Discourse constrains what can be thought about the Other #expands (0.82)
• Discourse produces knowledge that shapes perceptions and enacts power #expands (0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 687
• A discourse both enables and constrains how a topic can be constructed #expands (0.80)
• Linguistic form lags behind radical historical change #exemplifies (0.80)
• Discourse constructs subject positions that speakers must occupy regardless of belief #expands (0.78)
• Formerly colonized peoples risk adopting the dominating discourse against themselves #exemplifies (0.78)
• Discursive formations are held together by regularity, not uniformity, of statements #complicates (0.74)