critical approaches Flashcards
what is intertextuality?
we can see world politics as made up of texts and that all texts refer to each other
political philosophy of post-structrualism (4)
- discourse
- deconstruction
- genealogy
- intertextuality
mercator’s vs. peter’s projection
maps promote and shape IR
common objectives of critical theories (3)
- why have large parts of histories forgotten
- criticism of the production and understanding of IR
- asks more why questions
common diagnostics (3)
- there’s no truth or universal theory
- builds on a specific historical context
- vantage point- we are never unbiased
post-structrualism- names
foucault, derida, campbell
introduction of new methods
textual analysis, interpretivism, discourse analysis
building on new sources of data
language, arts, popular culture, literature, textbooks
nuclear proliferation x realism
deterrence
nuclear proliferation x post colonialism
the great equalizer
nuclear proliferation x feminism
competitive male sexuality
nuclear non-proliferation x women
men engage in more risk-taking behaviour, women are more likely to negotiate
preferences for cooperation are systematically different for men and women
lysistrata
who talked about the inside-outside distinction?
walker
what is the inside-outside distinction?
state sovereignty implies a division of the world into a an inside- the state (where there’s loyalty, trust, progress), and an outside (where there’s conflict, suspicion, anarchy)
