Enriching Discourse Theory: The Discursive-material Knot as a Non-Hierarchical Ontology: A Reply to Nico Carpentier

TY - JOUR

T1 - Enriching Discourse Theory: The Discursive-material Knot as a Non-Hierarchical Ontology

T2 - A Reply to Nico Carpentier

AU - Tønder, Lars

AU - Ejsing, Mads

PY - 2019/5

Y1 - 2019/5

N2 - In this reply, we question whether 'the knot' is the best way to describe the relationship between the discursive and the material. Our main objective is to show that the discursive and material are co-extensive and therefore emerge from within the same assemblage, prior to any 'knot' between them. To develop this idea, we draw on the new materialism of Karen Barad and Jane Bennett, especially their argument for how and why it makes sense to approach the discursive and the material as hyphenated ('discursive-material') as well as performatively constituted.

AB - In this reply, we question whether 'the knot' is the best way to describe the relationship between the discursive and the material. Our main objective is to show that the discursive and material are co-extensive and therefore emerge from within the same assemblage, prior to any 'knot' between them. To develop this idea, we draw on the new materialism of Karen Barad and Jane Bennett, especially their argument for how and why it makes sense to approach the discursive and the material as hyphenated ('discursive-material') as well as performatively constituted.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - Laclau and Mouffe

KW - new materialism

KW - performativity

KW - post-marxism

U2 - 10.1332/204378919X15526540593642

DO - 10.1332/204378919X15526540593642

M3 - Journal article

SN - 2326-9995

VL - 9

SP - 385

EP - 389

JO - Global Discourse

JF - Global Discourse

IS - 2

ER -