Poststructuralism

Interview – Wendy Brown

E-International Relations • Apr 25 2017 • Features

Professor Brown discusses neoliberalism’s threat to democracy, how capital and religious violence subvert sovereignty, and expounds on the state of critical theory.

Post-Truth, Complicity and International Politics

Philip Conway • Mar 29 2017 • Articles

Apparently, we live in ‘post-truth’ times. But is this anything new? Is it more than a passing meme? And what might it mean for students and scholars of International Relations?

The Postcolonial Perspective: Why We Need to Decolonize Norms

Charlotte Epstein • Jan 19 2017 • Articles

Normation, normalization and nomos shift the focus from treating a norm as given to considering its initial constitution, to account for the form that a norm takes.

International Relations Theory

Stephen McGlinchey and Dana Gold • Jan 9 2017 • Articles

The approaches in IR theory each possess a legitimate, yet different, view. They offer a means by which to attempt to understand a complex and frequently changing world.

Online Resources – Poststructuralism

E-International Relations • Jan 8 2017 • Online resources

A collection of resources introducing, and exploring, poststructuralism and how it relates to International Relations

What the Peculiar Case of the Kurdistan Region Can Teach Us about Sovereignty

Hannes Artens • Aug 13 2013 • Articles

Examining how the process of ‘becoming a state’ works allows analysts to better capture the complex dynamics in Iraq and the nature of sovereignty as a discourse.

Is Poststructuralism a Useful IR Theory? What About Its Relationship to Historical Materialism?

Michael Merlingen • May 8 2013 • Articles

The quality of our critique of world politics and our ability to change it is at stake. It seems a good idea to give conversation a try.

IR ♥ ID

Srdjan Vucetic • Jun 22 2012 • Articles

The proliferation of IR works dealing with identity has led some to charge that the concept has become devoid of analytical meaning. This view is mistaken. Concepts needn’t be overly coordinated in order to be useful.

A Post-Structuralist Agenda for Development?

Trevor Parfitt • Apr 10 2012 • Articles

The deconstructive approach is similar to the agenda propounded by post-development analysts, but if anything it is more inclusive. Development should be considered as a continual process of improvement rather than as a final goal

Review – The End of Certainty

Ioannis Mantzikos • Apr 6 2012 • Features

Distinguished Professor of International Relations Stephen Chan criticizes current analyses of international developments as being based primarily on western systemic models that steadily impose a cultural monopoly on the field.

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