Political discourse fails to explain the rise and nature of authoritarian governments in industrialized societies when it presupposes the rational political actor. Time and time again‚ the rational‚ self-interested political agent fails to measure up with particular political situations and circumstances‚ often leading to unpredictable catastrophes. This rational political actor has its origins in the Cartesian‚ ahistorical‚ self-conscious subject—a subject capable of using the "light of reason"
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Critical discourse analysis‚ organizational discourse‚ and organizational change A realist view of discourse analysis Discourses is an element of all concrete social events (actions‚ processes) as well as of more durable social practices‚ though neither are simply discourse: they are articulations of discourse with non-discoursal elements. ‘Discourse’ subsumes language as well as other forms of semiosis such as visual images and ‘body language’‚ and the discoursal element of a social event often
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1. What effect does Choi observe? What cause does she attribute it to? The religion and traditional notion those effect Choi observe. Actually‚ religion of the old Korea society that had make people think boy is more important than girl. Therefore‚ she was going to attribute it. 2. What specific changes in Korean culture does Choi attribute to the introduction of Confucianism? When downsizing was widespread‚ it means there are more people was layoff. Therefore‚ these people will spend lesser than
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Every element in a design communicates something. Every element has an effect on the whole exhibit. Every design comes with an aesthetic. When the elements of our design work together in a style that unites them into something unified‚ we create a more significant aesthetic. When we choose an aesthetic that’s in synchronize with our message it becomes even more significant. Whenever we think about aesthetics we think about making things beautiful. Beauty for beauty’s sake is not meaningful in the
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Ostroh Academy National University Department of Romance and Germanic Languages Cultural Differences in Discourse Holovchenko I. ЗA-41 Ostroh‚ 2013 CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………3 1. Cultural Gestures………………………………………………………4-5 2. Address as a Sociolinguistic Marker in the Cultural Discourse……….6-9 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………10 List of the Literature…………………………………………………………….11 Appendix……………………………………………………………………
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Complaining is an integral part of the Ju/’hoansi way of life—especially high among Ju/’hoansi elders since it elicits and ensures supportive behavior from younger people to care for their elders. Personally‚ I think that the Ju/’hoansi people do not follow patterns of caregiving familiar in North American society‚ and their management of care for the elderly differs significantly from ours. Within the Ju/’hoansi culture‚ a “stream of complaints” from elders towards caregivers is viewed as “custom
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Savage or Civilized The Second Discourse‚ written by Jean Jaques Rousseau in 1754‚ discusses the human state of nature. This work compares savaged men and civilized men‚ mostly in physical terms. Rousseau aimed to find the source of inequality in the human race‚ by stripping man down to his animalistic nature. He begins by discussing how a natural man uses his instincts for self preservation‚ like an animal. After this‚ he mentions how civilized men tend to compare themselves to each other‚
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and other print publishing are adapting to website technology‚ or are reshaped into blogging and web feeds. The Internet has enabled and accelerated new forms of human interactions through instant messaging‚ Internet forums‚ and social networking. Online shopping has boomed both for major retail outlets and smallartisans and
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Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers Douglas A. Demo‚ Center for Applied Linguistics Download a PDF of this digest. What Is Discourse Analysis? Discourse analysis is the examination of language use by members of a speech community. It involves looking at both language form and language function and includes the study of both spoken interaction and written texts. It identifies linguistic features that characterize different genres as well as social and cultural factors that aid in our interpretation
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