Editing Discourse Analysis (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Discourse analysis is understood through '''Truth''' and '''Exclusion'''.

'''1. The "Regime of Truth"''':
"Truth" is not discovered; it is "Produced" by discourse.
* In the 1700s, the "Discourse of Religion" decided what was true.
* In the 2000s, the "Discourse of Science" decides what is true.
* The "Truth" changes because the "Discourse" changes. Discourse analysis asks: "Whose interests are served by this current 'Truth'?"

'''2. Knowledge is Power (Power/Knowledge)''':
You can't have power over someone unless you "Define" them first.
* A "Doctor" has power over a "Patient" because the "Medical Discourse" gives the doctor the "Knowledge" to define what is "Normal" and what is "Sick."
* A "Judge" has power because the "Legal Discourse" defines what is "Legal" and what is "Criminal."

'''3. The "Silences" (Exclusion)''':
Discourse is defined by what it **doesn't** say.
* To understand a news report on "War," you must look for the "Silent voices"—the people who weren't interviewed or the ideas that were "Left out" to make the story simple.
* Exclusion is the "Secret weapon" of discourse; it makes the "Opposing view" invisible.

'''The 'Panopticon' Metaphor'''': Foucault's famous idea of a "Perfect Prison" where the prisoners "Watch themselves" because they "Internalize" the discourse of the guards. Discourse works the same way—we follow "Social rules" not because someone is "Pointing a gun at us," but because we have "Internalized" the discourse of "Good behavior."
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