Datcher Midterm "Write This Down" Terms

Power/Knowledge

The people in power have the power to control what knowledge is accepted

Politics

The exercising of power relations between individuals and/or groups with the intention to secure valued resources

Regime of Truth

The process by which individuals in a group determine what is true

Social Space

A social product which serves as a total of thought and action. It is also a means of control, domination and power

Discourse

A series of interrelated ideas that seem to support the dominant group

Irony

When the exact opposite of what you expect to happen happens

Writing

A medium of telling the truth

The American Dream

The promise that success, prosperity and upward mobility are avaliable to anyone through hard work and determination