Open AccessCOMPARATIVE CONCEPTOLOGY OF POWER AND RESISTANCE USING GOOGLE NGRAM BOOKS
Author(s) -
Антон Олейник
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
respublica literaria
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.47850/rl.2021.2.4.124-143
Subject(s) - governmentality , power (physics) , government (linguistics) , discourse analysis , face (sociological concept) , key (lock) , sociology , perspective (graphical) , resistance (ecology) , media studies , social science , linguistics , political science , computer science , law , artificial intelligence , computer security , politics , philosophy , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
The article discusses the evolution of key concepts referring to governmentality in comparative perspective. The Russian discourse on government and power is compared with the Western discourse. The Google Books Ngram Viewer databank covering the period from 1800 to 2019 is used as a source of information. This databank contains more than 5% of all published books. The proposed discourse analysis suggests that the Russian and Western discourses have some elective affinity: in both cases there is little room for truth telling and whistle-blowers face significant risk.