CMNS 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The German Ideology, Michel Foucault, Hegemony
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Hegemony, the nature of power, and the construction of meaning. Rhetoric and communication: review from last lecture: o religion and rhetoric, jesus camp . Moving from a logic of influence to a logic of articulation . Ernesto laclau: rhetoric refers to the contingent (chance, fortuitous, possible, unforeseeable) and discursive process that bring objective reality into existence. Examining the connection between rhetoric and hegemony is often framed as a logic of influence, such as how to influence and persuade an audience and person. Aristotle"s pathos, logos and ethos, are all elements that are present in a speaker"s rhetoric. In the work of contemporary scholars such as michael billing, rhetoric is more than just unpacking the motives of a speaker, it is about looking behind the curtain, and looking at the unconscious motives. at the unconscious motives. Language is not only expressive its also repressive its something we repress ourselves with as unconscious thoughts in our own internal dialogue.