"In the taboo on the object of speech, and the ritual of the circumstances of speech, and the privileged or exclusive right of the speaking subject, we have the play of three types of prohibition which intersect, reinforce, or compensate for each other, forming a complex grid which changes constantly." (Page 1461)
I chose this quote because I feel it encapsulates Foucault's argument that there are problems with which how discourse has been treated in society, academia, and throughout history.
I want to know why in the world Foucault use so many adjectives and run-on sentences, but I know this will not suffice as an academic, scholarly, serious question. Instead, I'll ask this: how important are societal norms in reference to discourse?
I feel like he uses tons of adjectives and run on sentences because he was at a level in his career in which those grammatical pirouettes were seen as eccentric and signs of his intelligence .... I think societal norms are key to discourse because they will dictate the relevancy of the topics we choose, as well as our overall way of approaching them. They dictate our scopic regime, so of course they will dictate our opinions and knowledge.
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