The Dialectic of Discourse and Social Change in the Duel of Bader Great Foray

Abstract

   This study tackles the discoursal and social issue in the duel incident in Bader Great Foray to discover the dialectic of the discourse and the social changes in that foray in the light of the dialectical-relational approach. This approach is chosen as an analytical tool because it is concerned with the relational dialectic between discourse and social structures and that it takes care of revealing the dominance of social structures and their attempt to commodify their discourses in a manner that qualifies them to reproduce themselves or increase that dominance, and the discursive mechanisms. This makes consumers subject to that domination, on one hand, and it seeks, on the other hand, to shed light on the speech of resistance and refusal, if any, to commodify the speeches of the dominant authorities. This, we believe, is evident in the incident of the duel in Bader Great Foray.

In light of the above, this study is divided into four parts. The first is a theoretical background that deals with the dialectic of discourse and social structures. The second part observes the historical construction of duel practice while the third deals with the changes of duel practices in Bader Great Foray and the impact of discursive practices on it. The fourth part concludes the study by displaying its results.