Explaining the concept of power and globalization in discourse analysis theories
By Seyed Yaghoub Mohammadnia, Rasool Afzali, Yashar Zaki, Kiomars Yazdan Panah,derow - The islamic college university journal 2021, Volume 2, Issue 60, Pages 89-109
Abstract
Abstract:-The present article examines the concept of power and globalization in discourse theories. Globalization is a term that has been used since the mid-1980s and means the collapse of borders and transcending them at global level in economic, cultural, political and social dimensions…. the process of which is the transformation of local structures into global structures. The process of globalization, its dimensions and scope are so wide and extensive that it has affected all aspects of human life. Consequently, in the light of the development of the electronic communications revolution over the past few decades, the concept of distance and space has become unimaginably disrupted. Therefore, globalization is not a new situation but a new discourse. Globalization represents a new information-driven society that has led to a structural transformation in power relations. With the spread of discourse analysis, extensive developments in concepts such as power and politics emerged in the context of discourse approaches, and the concept of power also found a wider scope in the discourse perspective.
Prior to this, however, the concept of power was a political concept and its origin was limited to political relations. Discourse analysis and access to post-text is based on a series of assumptions; the most important of which are:
1. Different people look at text or speech in different ways;
2. Discourse has many levels and dimensions;
3. The text should be viewed as a meaningful whole and this meaning is not necessarily in itself;
4. Each text is related to a source of power or authority (not necessarily political);
5. No text is neutral and the texts have a value and ideological burden;
6. Meaning, as much as it arises from the text, is also affected by the social and cultural context or background.
The important goals of discourse analysis are as follows:
1. Demonstrating meaning instability
2. Clarifying the deep and complex structure of text production, that is, the flow of discourse production;
3. Explaining the conditions for producing discourse.Key words: globalization, power, globalization discourse, discourse, neoliberalism, modernism.
