lecture 2 Flashcards
what are the great debates in ir
1-4
what is the fourth debate
positivist, postpositivist, + normative
what is post positivist in ir
critical theory; Neo-gramscian theory; poststructuralism/postmodernism; feminism; post colonialism
positivism
- natural sciences as the model
- objective truth
- guides actions within the limits of reality
postpositivist
- uniqueness of the social world
- unavoidable subjectivity
- emancipatory aspirations
by paradigm
- classifying feminist research
- liberal feminism
- socialist + marxist feminism
- critical feminism
- postcolonial feminism
- post-structural + post modern feminism
- standpoint feminism
liberal feminism
- philosophical + idealogical orientation
- Mary Wollstonecraft-britain
- womens civil + political rights
- first wave feminism
socialist + marxist feminism
- Maria mies
- women labour in capitalism
the flaw of socialism + marxism
productive labour vs reproductive labour
critical feminism
- sandra whitworth
- adaptation of critical theory to gender analysis
- research is not neutral
- exposing mechanisms of exclusion
postcolonial feminism
- chandra Mohanty
- no “third world woman”
- gender oppression is not alone, or even primary
- questionable sisterhood
poststructural + Postmodern feminism
- christine sylvester, Cynthia wade
- modernity + postmodernity
- analyzing discourses of ir
standpoint feminism
-sandra harding, Nancy
-identity development in childhood
experiences shape of knowledge +worldview
classifying feminism
- observing/identifying reality as it is
- analyzing the why’s + wherefores of reality
- transforming international
empirical feminism
- sex as a variable
- close association with liberal feminism
- inclusion of women
limits of intersectionality
- practical limits
- political limits
what came from feminism becoming gender studies
- a broader research topic
- men + masculinity
- intersectionality
what are feminisms contribution to knowledge
- redefining concepts + inventing new ones
- concepts as representatives
