I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.
Source: Inaugural lecture, 7 Jan. 1977, Coll?ge de France (published as Le?on, 1978; repr. in Barthes: Selected Writings, 1982).
-- Roland Barthes, (Nov 12 1915-1980), French critic; He was known for his contributions to structural linguistics and New Criticism intellectual movement; wrote Writing Degree Zero, 1953.