by Clinamenic If traditional first-order discourse is characterized by the exploration of a given topic, with the author aptly assuming some degree of authority, there exists a second-order mode of discourse wherein the author’s own understanding of the topic is jointly, alongside the topic itself, the object of inquiry. This latter mode of discourse, here referred to‘auto-discourse’ insofar as it contains some degree of self-reference to the author’s own understanding of the topic, m...
