An episteme is defined as “the set of ideas and assumptions, often unconscious, that underlie and constrain what is accepted as knowledge in a particular period.” Or it can mean “paradigm” or “understanding.”
In a word, Freud and Marx, given the basic psychosocial idea or assumption or paradigm which contends that control and repression emanating from the very top serves as the leitmotif or overall theme of human history.
I have a Bachelor's Degree in History/Government and International Relations from George Mason University, and a Master's Degree in International Affairs with a Concentration in U.S. Foreign Policy from American University in Washington, DC. I was born in New York City, and have lived in Northern Virginia since childhood. I am an independent writer and an entrepreneur. I am also a book author.
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Adam A. Azim 