SESSION TEN LANGUAGE AND POWER (2): POWER BEHIND DISCOURSE Main points in this session: 1. Power behind discourse: Standard language 2. Power behind discourse: discourse types as ‘effects of power’ 3. Power and access to discourse The idea of ‘power behind discourse’ is that the whole social order of discourse is put together and held together as a hidden effect of power. Fairclough (1989) = three aspects of ‘power behind discourse’‚ i.e. of hidden effects of power: 1. Standard language
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Knowledge is power. This statement is very true but also cliché. African Americans firmly believed that literacy was the implement and symbol of liberation and equality‚ in white societies. Education is what makes you “free”. When a child learns to talk‚ read‚ and write‚ the child has more power and respect then one of a new born. The child can now tell you “yes” or “no” based on situation after an evaluation. As Malcolm X famously said “education is the passport to the future‚ for tomorrow belongs
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Reaction Paper: Presidential Power and the Power to Persuade To be a strong‚ powerful leader‚ or not to be‚ that is the question for the President of the United States. With global issues‚ domestic chaos‚ and foreign affairs‚ Presidents are expected to do much more than their authority enables them to do. Because of the limit of their authority and the harsh criticism from citizens‚ Presidents lead with their bargaining skills and persuasiveness. If a President is too harsh or strong‚ people categorize
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The Power of Sympathy The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown is a narrative to teach young ladies about the importance of education‚ the fatal consequences of seduction‚ and the proper instruction women should have. This narrative was written to scare women away from wayward love and more towards rational love. It gives us insight to the heartache of women who fell for wayward love and their consequences. Brown uses education‚ seduction‚ and the proper instruction for
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Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Throughout the novel we see the pain and suffering that the slaves go through. Slavery not only affected the slaves‚ it affected the moral health of the slaveholders as well. We can clearly see how the power of slavery corrupted Thomas Auld‚ Sophia Auld‚ and Edward Covey in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Sophia Auld is one of the characters‚ besides Douglass himself‚ who changes throughout the narrative. She started out as
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tool for power? How do you think that men in the past arrived to power? This is a really good question involving not also the brightness of these people‚ but also the way they could easily convince people to vote for them or to follow them. From the early ages of human history with the first tribes‚ to the actual campaign for a Presidency all around the world‚ men and woman have used their abilities as good speakers to convince people to join their cause but is language a tool for power? Let
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People’s words and actions do not reveal their true intentions. In Hamlet‚ several characters were acting activities and saying certin words ‚ but inside of them they meant the opposite such as Claudius‚ Polonius‚ and Ophelia. In the beginning of the play‚ the audience was tricked into Claudius being the caring uncle that was giving Hamlet a long speech on how he should move on with his life “Tis sweet and commendable in your nature‚ Hamlet‚ To give these mourning duties to your father But‚ you must
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NAME- HARSH PATEL SUBJECT- ENG-121-03 TOPIC- ESSAY-1 DATE- 10/4/2012 In the‚” The power of situations”‚ by Lee Ross and Richard E. Nisbett‚ the authors are trying to show the power of situations effecting the decisions of the people‚ how people react in different situations. The authors are trying to prove that social psychology rivals philosophy in teaching people that they do not understand the true nature of the world. The above claim is supported by two experiments‚ the Good Samaritan experiment
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5. Discuss Nietzsche’s theory of “will to power” and “the innocence of becoming”. Does the hypothesis of the will to power successfully “debunk” traditional religion‚ morality‚ and philosophical claims to provide the “disinterested” or “objective” truth? Nietzsche introduced an idea of philosophy that was more than simply a rational groundwork of existence or as the pursuit of an absolute truth. Instead‚ he suggested that philosophy is something to be respected as a personal interpretation of
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discuss the Balance of Power. In order to understand the meaning of Balance of Power‚ we should ask ourselves the question what we understand by ‘power’. Hard to define it or measure it‚ power is the ability to “do something or act in a particular way” or as Nye (2009:65) argues “the ability to achieve one’s purposes or goals.’ In other words‚ the potential to influence other people to do what you want them to do. As many scholars would agree‚ balance of power can hardly have an exact
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