本文試圖以一個儀式的角度來觀察論述的生成與影響，並希冀透過這個探究 賦予文化運動硏究一個新的探査角度。這個針對論述所進行的儀式解析包括兩個 假設：（1)論述的生成不能被視爲只是一個文體交互指涉的過程；（2)論述本身意涵 著一個「承認儀式」的構築在內。對於那些與聞其事的人而言，論述不只是一場 關於「眞理」，或圍繞著「眞理」的理性辯詰而已，它同時也是一個競逐權威與文 化合法性的戰場。如果文化運動是一系列論述活動所以發生的原因與結果，那麼 對此論述活動所包含的構成要素的解析，當有助於我們對此運動的掌握與理解； 同時，對於理念和理想是如何在運動中，或透過運動而被論述性地構作出來，有 進一步的解釋與描寫。

This essay aims to develop a ritual theory of discourse and to bring into existence a new perspective for the study of cultural movement. The theory is based on two postulates. First, a discourse is more than a process consisting of various intertextual activities. Second, a discourse is in essence a “rite of recognition.” For those who take part in it，a discourse is more than a series of rational debates “for truth” or “about truth.” Rather, it is a battleground for cultural legitimacy and authority. A study of the components that constitutes a discourse from which a cultural movement is composed provides, I suggest, a more substantial account of the organization and the process of a cultural movement, and, likewise, the question of how ideas and ideals are discursively constructed in and through a cultural movement.