I was almost in tears trying to understand some of these texts and I am so grateful I found your videos because you helped me actually understand these definitions and theories and it's made a massive difference thank you so much. God bless
Super helpful video - clear and succinct. Used it as a reflective tool - playing it multiple times as I refined my understanding and articulation of a particular aspect of research I am undertaking. Thank you!
None of my professors in college could explain this idea this well. I was always confused. I have understood it finally, thanks to your efforts. Thank you! 🙏
@Postcolonialism Have you noticed how in his recent public appearances Žižek attacks exactly this Foucauldian conceptualization of the discursive? Foucault's standpoint on discourse is analogous to Deleuze's point that desire places one's class interest (which brought me to your channel). What do you think, with regard to left strategies, where did Žižek's desire place his class interest? Or in other words, how does Žižek's lack, negation or contradiction cracks differ from J. Peterson's "pending doom"?
Thank you. I am afraid I probably do not have enough expertise to draw such comparisons. I do find Deleuze’s work very useful; How much of it I understand is another question:)
Thank you Dr Raja, this is extremely useful. I have some questions though: 1. When we say that something is 'discursively produced', is it always implied that it is not true or consistent? 2. Would you say that, grand narratives such as 'the manifest destiny' are discursively produced?
Thank you. Good to see you after a while. I think the question of truth would be moot here. What we will learn is as to what enables a statement to offer itself as truth. Yes, the concept of manifest destiny might have offered itself as natural but it was obviously constructed within a discourse of power.
@@masoodraja Thank you for the quick response... Yes, unfortunately I cannot follow you as often as usual, since I'm engaged in building my new professional path, it takes lots of time and energy; but still, I try not to miss any of your enlightening contributions. Hope you are safe and well :)
Thank you. That is an impossible question to answer, as your question presupposes identity as a singular stable sign. I am afraid I have no answer to that.
Sir, your video has been really helpful to me. Thank you. Can I request you to make a video on social constructivism (the interpretive framework) in qual research with its criticisms?
I have a question can we say that a discursive framework mean a contextualized discourse? Also is identity (within cultural studies definition ) a subject to discursive discourses? For example in religion and humanist approach, identity is the true self or essence, yet in other contexts, it's a subject to circumstances and cultural conjunctures.
Thank you. Again, you are expecting me to reduce a very complex concept. I do not teach like that. I would recommend reading more of discourse and then seeing if your assumptions hold.
Thank you a million for this video, I really wanted to know what “discursive means”, and I want to check that I understood it. So “discursive” means to use, see or interpret something (like a concept a story, a term etc.) but within the particularity of the discourse or context in which it that “something” appears because it might have a different interpretation in another discourse or context. So does “X person wrote discursively to claim agency” mean that he/she is resisting a norm?
Thank you. What I mean is that discursive is what is framed or produced by a discourse. It will only hold that meaning within that discourse. I am not talking of interpretation, for that is a completely different subject.
Thank you for all the information that you provide us with. I really would love it if you please answer my question about what is the theme of in-betweenness in postcolonial I have a presentation tomorrow and I could not find any helpful answer or I could understand it. You will really save my life if you answered my question thank you
Thank you. The main theorist of in betweeness or interstitial gap or third space of enunciation is Bhabha, and reading him could be useful. Simply stated, in betweenness is when you work with non binary structure of the sign.
Thank you so much Dear Professor for this effort. I have always been in search of to clarify my concept about this term and today I am clear about it. However, I didn't get this 'non-discursive truth'. But I will watch the video again
You are welcome. All truth claims are posited as universal and as non discursive but are mostly caught within a discourse. But the fact that we are born and one day die is sort of non discursive fact.
Masood, I read a long time ago (cannot locate the source) that Foucault began his career as a Marxist, abandoned Marxism, then emended at least one of his books to eliminate its Marxian content. Is that true? - Mark
Thank you. Not sure of the amendment part, but he was a member of the French Communist Party, until he and others abandoned their Marxist loyalties. He was, however, trained by Marxists like Louis Althusser. I think these things are included in The Lives of Michel Foucault.
I did indeed read "discursive" in a book, and then did indeed look it up, and was indeed confused by the literary definition given the context in which I read it. It was a little uncanny for the first few minutes of this video, published two years ago, to describe to me what I had just finished doing two minutes ago! If I'm understanding the definition correctly, I could have some fun in saying that my confusion on reading the definition online is because I've now consumed the word 'discursive' in two discursive contexts: one structure within the text (Foucauldian) and another in the perhaps more popular definition (literary). Some more fun: In _this_ context, 'discursive' is recursive! Thanks for the great explanation :)
Thanks for the video. In your video of user experience research and Paulo Freire aren’t u there taking the work related to one discourse and linking it to another? Correct me if I’m wrong, but if that is what you did, then are there conditions as to when you can or can’t use a discursively produced work for the benefit of another field of study? I haven’t read enough on discourse to know these terms as well as you do, so if I’m wrong please correct me.
There is nothing wrong in putting two discourses in conversation. In this case, however, the main discourse is the same: how to understand people and their needs. But as you might have noticed that I was suggesting there that design people could benefit by how Freire explains the process of learning from the people. I don’t recall reading Freire from a purely design perspective or vice versa. It is just like saying here is how the Bible explains the Fall of Adam and then giving the story of how Islam explains the same story. Both stories mean something in their respective discourses but can also inform each other. But I suggest you keep reading more, because I do not see the contradiction.
My guy you just cleared up a word that's confused me for half a decade now. Thanks so much
You are welcome!
@@masoodraja If you dont mind, can you explain, or share a resource which differentiates 'discursive' from 'discoursive'?
@@farhanzia6569 Thank you. I am sorry I have no particular source in mind.
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I think they are the same concept, just an alternate spelling.
I'm in year 3 of my PhD and you just helped me wrap my head around this term everyone throws around. Thank you.
You are welcome.
I was almost in tears trying to understand some of these texts and I am so grateful I found your videos because you helped me actually understand these definitions and theories and it's made a massive difference thank you so much.
God bless
You are welcome!!!
Thank you, Sir! I've been trying to understand the term discursive for weeks. meeting upon your video feels like a blessing
You are welcome.
Super helpful video - clear and succinct. Used it as a reflective tool - playing it multiple times as I refined my understanding and articulation of a particular aspect of research I am undertaking. Thank you!
You are welcome. I am delighted to know it was of some use to you.
None of my professors in college could explain this idea this well. I was always confused.
I have understood it finally, thanks to your efforts. Thank you! 🙏
You are welcome.
@Postcolonialism Have you noticed how in his recent public appearances Žižek attacks exactly this Foucauldian conceptualization of the discursive? Foucault's standpoint on discourse is analogous to Deleuze's point that desire places one's class interest (which brought me to your channel). What do you think, with regard to left strategies, where did Žižek's desire place his class interest? Or in other words, how does Žižek's lack, negation or contradiction cracks differ from J. Peterson's "pending doom"?
Thank you. I am afraid I probably do not have enough expertise to draw such comparisons. I do find Deleuze’s work very useful; How much of it I understand is another question:)
Thank you for this video Dr. Raja! It was a helpful explanation for me to grab on to and consider.
You are welcome.
Great explanation. Thanks for simplifying the concept .
You are welcome
So amazing lecture Sir! And I'm still waiting for your lecture on theory of power by Foucault.😊
Thank you. Yes, that would probably take some time.
Thank you Dr Raja, this is extremely useful. I have some questions though: 1. When we say that something is 'discursively produced', is it always implied that it is not true or consistent? 2. Would you say that, grand narratives such as 'the manifest destiny' are discursively produced?
Thank you. Good to see you after a while. I think the question of truth would be moot here. What we will learn is as to what enables a statement to offer itself as truth. Yes, the concept of manifest destiny might have offered itself as natural but it was obviously constructed within a discourse of power.
@@masoodraja Thank you for the quick response... Yes, unfortunately I cannot follow you as often as usual, since I'm engaged in building my new professional path, it takes lots of time and energy; but still, I try not to miss any of your enlightening contributions. Hope you are safe and well :)
@@infinitafenix3153 Thank you. Good luck with your studies. I am doing well as well.
Thank you, sir. Kindly prepare a lecture video on Discourse Analysis of Foucault. Waiting to relish as usual for the next video lecture.
Thank you. Sadly, I do not work on discourse analysis. I find it to be too reductive.
Thank
You for making concepts easy
You are welcome.
Hi professor, if you dont mind I have a question about Identity. In your opinion are there any gaps or issues in this concept to tackle with research?
Thank you. That is an impossible question to answer, as your question presupposes identity as a singular stable sign. I am afraid I have no answer to that.
Thank you very much dear sir for clarifying the concept of discursive
You are welcome.
Sir, your video has been really helpful to me. Thank you. Can I request you to make a video on social constructivism (the interpretive framework) in qual research with its criticisms?
Thank you. I will see if I can record something on it.
I have a question can we say that a discursive framework mean a contextualized discourse? Also is identity (within cultural studies definition ) a subject to discursive discourses? For example in religion and humanist approach, identity is the true self or essence, yet in other contexts, it's a subject to circumstances and cultural conjunctures.
Thank you. Again, you are expecting me to reduce a very complex concept. I do not teach like that. I would recommend reading more of discourse and then seeing if your assumptions hold.
@@masoodraja I see. Thanks professor for your response.
Thank you for this!
You are welcome!
Thank you a million for this video, I really wanted to know what “discursive means”, and I want to check that I understood it. So “discursive” means to use, see or interpret something (like a concept a story, a term etc.) but within the particularity of the discourse or context in which it that “something” appears because it might have a different interpretation in another discourse or context. So does “X person wrote discursively to claim agency” mean that he/she is resisting a norm?
Thank you. What I mean is that discursive is what is framed or produced by a discourse. It will only hold that meaning within that discourse. I am not talking of interpretation, for that is a completely different subject.
Oh ok thank you.
Thank you for all the information that you provide us with.
I really would love it if you please answer my question about what is the theme of in-betweenness in postcolonial I have a presentation tomorrow and I could not find any helpful answer or I could understand it.
You will really save my life if you answered my question thank you
Thank you. The main theorist of in betweeness or interstitial gap or third space of enunciation is Bhabha, and reading him could be useful. Simply stated, in betweenness is when you work with non binary structure of the sign.
Here is a brief response. I quickly recorded it so it might not be very good: th-cam.com/video/KB0xpCzYgj0/w-d-xo.html
thank you very much for this wonderful work.
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Very helpful video.
Thank you for uploading it.
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Amazing Professor.
Thank you.
"Political discourse." Discourse between the discourses may only be called tolerance.
Thank you.
Nice 👍
Thanks
Thank you sir g
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Thank you so much Dear Professor for this effort. I have always been in search of to clarify my concept about this term and today I am clear about it. However, I didn't get this 'non-discursive truth'. But I will watch the video again
You are welcome. All truth claims are posited as universal and as non discursive but are mostly caught within a discourse. But the fact that we are born and one day die is sort of non discursive fact.
@@masoodraja got it dear professor. Thank you so much!
Dr.Raja, you are simply amazing. You possess an incredible ability to explain these complex foucauldian concepts in a simpler way.
Thank you so much.
This helps a lot! I'm currently reading Homi Bhabha's The Location of Culture, and he uses the term a lot.
Thank you. Good luck with Bhabha.
Thank you so much for making knowledge so accessible and comprehensible!
You are welcome.
Masood, I read a long time ago (cannot locate the source) that Foucault began his career as a Marxist, abandoned Marxism, then emended at least one of his books to eliminate its Marxian content. Is that true?
- Mark
Thank you. Not sure of the amendment part, but he was a member of the French Communist Party, until he and others abandoned their Marxist loyalties. He was, however, trained by Marxists like Louis Althusser. I think these things are included in The Lives of Michel Foucault.
I did indeed read "discursive" in a book, and then did indeed look it up, and was indeed confused by the literary definition given the context in which I read it. It was a little uncanny for the first few minutes of this video, published two years ago, to describe to me what I had just finished doing two minutes ago!
If I'm understanding the definition correctly, I could have some fun in saying that my confusion on reading the definition online is because I've now consumed the word 'discursive' in two discursive contexts: one structure within the text (Foucauldian) and another in the perhaps more popular definition (literary). Some more fun: In _this_ context, 'discursive' is recursive!
Thanks for the great explanation :)
You are welcome.
Thanks for the video. In your video of user experience research and Paulo Freire aren’t u there taking the work related to one discourse and linking it to another? Correct me if I’m wrong, but if that is what you did, then are there conditions as to when you can or can’t use a discursively produced work for the benefit of another field of study? I haven’t read enough on discourse to know these terms as well as you do, so if I’m wrong please correct me.
There is nothing wrong in putting two discourses in conversation. In this case, however, the main discourse is the same: how to understand people and their needs. But as you might have noticed that I was suggesting there that design people could benefit by how Freire explains the process of learning from the people. I don’t recall reading Freire from a purely design perspective or vice versa. It is just like saying here is how the Bible explains the Fall of Adam and then giving the story of how Islam explains the same story. Both stories mean something in their respective discourses but can also inform each other. But I suggest you keep reading more, because I do not see the contradiction.
Just found your channel. Thank you very much for this video. This was super helpful. What a balance of nuance and simplicity in your explanation.
Thank you and welcome to the channel!!
thank you with respect mr doctorate it is clear now
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you explain things very nicely, much thanks!
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amazing thank you
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Thank you
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