The discursive turn requires reintroducing the subject as non-unitary and internally contradictory

Evidence

The difference is that, whereas culturalism would correct the hyper-structuralism of earlier models by restoring the unified subject (collective or individual) of consciousness at the center of “the Structure,” discourse theory, by way of the Freudian concepts of the unconscious and the Lacanian concepts of how subjects are constituted in language (through the entry into the Symbolic and the Law of Culture), restores the decentered subject, the contradictory subject, as a set of positions in language and knowledge, from which culture can appear to be enunciated. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 204 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Yours is not a face that suggests an easy temper. Holbein shows us contained tension, willed constraint, subdued passion about to break out. Perplexed, you ask yourself, what should I do? How can I serve flesh and spirit? The point about our human nature is that we must go to work on it. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1156 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The discursive perspective reintroduces non-unitary subjectivity that structuralism had abolished; Discourse theory restores a decentered subject while culturalism restores a unified consciousness — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 204; Character emerges from unresolved inner contradiction — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1156 (+11 more)

Related

• Discourse theory restores a decentered subject while culturalism restores a unified consciousness (similarity 0.86)
• The discursive perspective reintroduces non-unitary subjectivity that structuralism had abolished (similarity 0.83)
• Linguistics decentered identity by showing subjects are positioned in pre-existing discourse (similarity 0.83)
• Culturalism’s totality reduces to the simple unity of praxis with homologous contradictions. (similarity 0.82)
• Culture is inherently decentered and resists direct linkage to other structures (similarity 0.82)
• Structuralism decentered individual agency that culturalism treated as authentic (similarity 0.82)
• Discourse theory merely relocates contradiction from structure to the unconscious. (similarity 0.81)
• Subjects are constituted by unconscious cultural categories rather than their authors (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The discursive perspective reintroduces non-unitary subjectivity that structuralism had abolished #corroborates (0.90)
• Discourse theory restores a decentered subject while culturalism restores a unified consciousness #qualifies (0.60) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 204
• Character emerges from unresolved inner contradiction #expands (0.50) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1156
• True thinking requires an internal dialogue among conflicting viewpoints. #exemplifies (0.50) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 727