Science was precisely the antidote to the speculative, metaphysical, philosophical discourses behind much racist, classist, nationalistic and oppressive ideology, politics and social theory.
As usual the cricket discourse lags behind the times.
It is clear that political discourse often lies behind the success or failure of efforts to strategise in public contexts, in which a number of diverse actors come together to define goals and implement actions.
These facts are explained, Noudelmann thinks, by the primal connection between music and the body, a connection made only by "leaving behind the discourse of knowledge and mastery".
It seems worthwhile to reflect, without recourse to the clash of civilisations discourse, on the reasons behind these striking harmonies and discords.
Through an analysis of knowledge claims made in relation to recurring topics such as the use of fire by Indigenous Australians and the adaptation of species to fire, we illustrate that behind the discourse of ecological modernisation sit deeply engrained variations in terms of where people locate vulnerability in relation to the pressing problem of wildfire and fire management.
Family compositions now include "good friends [who] join forces as part of the 'voluntary kin' movement, sharing medical directives, wills, even adopting one another legally" or "single people live alone and proudly consider themselves families of one — more generous and civic-minded than so-called 'greedy marrieds.'" Political discourse appears to lag behind this lived reality.
But his letter's opening salutation to "supporters, doubters, and those meddling in between" hinted at the high stakes geopolitics and dangerous discourse that also lies behind this high profile trial.
