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"A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick."
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Discourse"We can no longer maintain any distinction between music and discourse about music, between the supposed object of analysis and the terms of analysis."
Discourse is a generalization of the notion of a conversation to any form of communication. Discourse is a major topic in social theory, with work spanning fields such as sociology, anthropology, continental philosophy, and discourse analysis. Following work by Michel Foucault, these fields view discourse as a system of thought, knowledge, or communication that constructs our world experience. Sin
"A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick."
"A discourse is "a language or system of representation that has developed socially in order to make and circulate a coherent set of meanings about an important topic area."
"[H]ow can a democratic discourse exist in a corporate owned informational system? Who, for example, possesses freedom of speech in such a society?"
"Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind."
"Your fair discourse hath been as sugar, Making the hard way sweet and delectable."
"Discourse may want an animated "No" To brush the surface, and to make it flow; But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease."