Power and subjectivity: images of sovereignity and business leadership in a presidential decree

Authors

  • Bruno Deusdará Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Décio Rocha Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / CNPq

Abstract

This paper focuses on school practices, from a discursive approach of a presidential decree regarding a plan of educational goals. The theoretical perspective refers to a parallel between the concept of discursive practice (Maingueneau, 1997) and the concept of power formulated by M. Foucault (2002, 2006). The analysis points to the relevance of both notions as a key to the denaturalization of the social, highlighting the simultaneous production of language and world. The paper also explores the effects of the emergence of the image of business leadership in teacher’s work, on the basis of the analysis of the goals of the decree.

Key words: discursive practice, power, genres, presidential decree.

Author Biographies

Bruno Deusdará, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Departamento de Estudos da Linguagem (Instituto de Letras)

Departamento de Línguas e Literatura (Instituto de Aplicação)

Décio Rocha, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / CNPq

Departamento de Estudos da Linguagem (Instituto de Letras)

Departamento de Línguas e Literatura (Instituto de Aplicação)

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Published

2013-08-29

How to Cite

Deusdará, B., & Rocha, D. (2013). Power and subjectivity: images of sovereignity and business leadership in a presidential decree. Calidoscópio, 11(2), 124–134. Retrieved from https://www.revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/calidoscopio/article/view/cld.2013.112.03

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2013): May/August

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