POLI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Signify, Postcolonialism
2 Nov 2015
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Very critical thought : evil, dangerous, bad ir / questioned the novelty of the arguments. Approach emblematic + controversial > kept out the study of ir (russet) Broad intellectual mvt > cut across other disciplines (like marxism, feminism) Difficult to bracket as a theory like constructivism because of ontological and epistemological positioning > ir = just one site of postmodern work. Different label : poststructuralism, post positivism > difficult and complex + contested. Electic array of sources/ideas/practices > challenge ontological/epistemological/methodological conventions in ir. Critique things taking for granted in ir > ex idea of state > rethink the world and the way we think we see the world. Affinities with normative theories (ct ) but concepts and ideas independent. Enable to critic accepted and previous common sense > challenge it > strategy to understand and criticism concepts +reconsider structure of thought > basis dont work.
