Several theorists argue not just that particular social entities are produced by speech acts, but that the social world is the product of discourse more generally...i.e currently 'wokeism' a phenomenon
on a par with the 'hippy' movement of the 60s, that will eventually squib out.
'social entities are produced by speech acts' this view has many historical antecedents in the enlightenment and post-enlightenment But Wittgenstein (1953) is generally credited with crystallizing this “linguistic turn”.
Winch (1958) draws on Wittgenstein to argue that “our language and our social relations are just two different sides of the same coin”. Social phenomena and their meanings, according to Winch, are manifestations of the “form of life” in which a society’s language-games are a part. This perspective has been influential in post-structuralism in particular, with a wide range of theories advocating the linguistic construction of social reality. Included among these are Foucault’s discourse analysis (Foucault 1984, 2001) and Butler (1988)
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