This course examines the role of discourses and narratives as the ideological pillars of contemporary society. Working within the tradition of the genealogy of suspicion, it diagnoses and dissects the construction of reality and the discursive representation of the everyday. Neutrally, the term ‘discourse’ is used as the production of knowledge and the system of representation. More important, however, are its deeper oppositional arrangements: Truth and untruth, rational and irrational, dominant and marginal, conscious and unconscious, oppression and liberation, illegitimacy and legitimacy. This course will have two dimensions. The first dimension is a theoretical exploration of seminal readings. We will study the ins and outs of narratives and discourses through a variety of theoretical frameworks, e.g. poststructuralism, performativity, psychoanalysis, space-theory, feminism, et cetera. At the basis of this investigation lies the relationship between agent and structure, self and society. The second dimension is a more practical inquiry into how discursive formations sustain particular ‘regimes of truth’. Through excursions and studying contemporary cultural artefacts, we will explore and unveil discourses embedded in the everyday life.