Parajumbles Question 3 - CAT 2021

Question

It is regimes of truth that make certain relationships speakable – relationships, like subjectivities, are constituted through discursive formations, which sustain regimes of truth.

Relationships are nothing without the communication that brings them into being; interpersonal communication is connected to knowledge shared by interlocutors, and scholars should attend to relational histories in their analyses.

A Foucauldian approach to relationships goes beyond these conceptions of discourse and history to macrolevel regimes of truth as constituting relationships.

Reconsidering micropractices within relationships that are constituted within and simultaneously contributors to regimes of truth acknowledges the central position of power/knowledge in the constitution of what has come to be considered true and real.

Correct Sequence: 2314
Explanation: Sentence 2 introduces the traditional parameters of analyzing relationships (interpersonal communication and relational histories). Sentence 3 explicitly builds on these parameters (2-3), stating that a "Foucauldian approach goes beyond these conceptions of discourse and history" to pivot to macro-level "regimes of truth." Sentence 1 naturally grabs this newly introduced terminology to define it, explaining that it is these "regimes of truth" that determine what relationships are considered speakable. Sentence 4 concludes by integrating everything, showing how analyzing the micropractices within these regimes highlights the relationship between power and knowledge.
FundaMakers Tip: Terminology Introduction Rules. A concept must always be introduced by a noun descriptor before it can be referenced as an established fact. Sentence 3 introduces the phrase "regimes of truth", which means sentence 3 must precede sentence 1, which functions as an active description of how those regimes behave.