Discursive formations like Orientalism preserve identifiable influence of individual authors through citation

Evidence

When the source of the law is not significant per se, the only effect of citation is rhetorical. In formal logic the device is known as argumentum ad verecundiam, playing upon the prestige of the source. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1045 (#expands, via linked claim)

Footnotes are traditionally the mark of a scholar. They establish the foundation on which the writer has built new ideas and qualified or replaced old ones. A dearth of footnotes may suggest that a writer is unfamiliar with the literature on the subject, is afraid that readers will be repelled by too many footnotes, or is withholding due credit, perhaps to make the work seem more original. A spate of footnotes may suggest the folly of pedantry, the inability to leave items on the cutting-room floor—or perhaps something as simple as a desultory organization. — Bryan A. Garner, Jeff Newman, Tiger Jackson, The Redbook, 247 (#expands, via linked claim)

In this latter case, ascertaining them would be in the service of history, so to speak; in the former case, it would provide material for the induction of timeless uniformities. About competition, for instance, we learn something from a great many fields—political science, economics, history of religion, history of art, and so on. The point is to ascertain from all the facts what competition is as a pure form of human behavior; under what circumstances it emerges and develops; how it is modified by the particular character of its object; by what contemporaneous formal and material features of a society it is increased or reduced; and how competition between individuals differs from that between groups. In short, we must ascertain what competition is as a form of relation among individuals. This form may involve all sorts of contents. But in spite of the great variety of these contents, the form maintains its own identity and proves that it belongs to a sphere which is governed by its own laws and which may legitimately be abstracted from other spheres or from total reality. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 202 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A scholarly field’s cumulative corporate identity overrides individual genius; A tradition of prior texts authorizes any individual Orientalist claim; Forms of interaction retain identity across varied contents and historical settings — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 202 (+6 more)

Related

• Discursive formations can be unified by a citation system that elevates specific authorial authorities (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Citing sources rhetorically when they lack dispositive effect constitutes an appeal to authority #expands (0.85) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1045
• Footnote presence signals scholarly credibility to readers. #expands (0.82) — Bryan A. Garner, Jeff Newman, Tiger Jackson, The Redbook, 247
• Forms of interaction retain identity across varied contents and historical settings #expands (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 202