transdiscursive
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From trans- + discursive.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Adjective
[edit]transdiscursive (not comparable)
- Transcending or of overarching concern to multiple discourses.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
- A Transdiscursive Man
Foucault gave us the term 'transdiscursive', which describes how, for example, Foucault is not simply an author of a book, but the author of a theory, tradition or discipline.
We can at least say that he was the instigator of a method of historical inquiry which has had major effects on the study of subjectivity, power, knowledge, discourse, history, sexuality, madness, the penal system and much else. Hence the term, “Foucaldian”.
- A Transdiscursive Man
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN