Postmodern international relations is an approach that has been part of
international relations scholarship since the 1980s. Although there are various strands of thinking, a key element to
postmodernist theories is a distrust of any account of human life which claims to have direct access to the
truth. Postmodern
international relations theory
International relations theory is the study of international relations (IR) from a theoretical perspective. It seeks to explain causal and constitutive effects in international politics. Ole Holsti describes international relations theories as a ...
critiques theories like
Marxism that provide an overarching
metanarrative to history. Key postmodern thinkers include
Jean-François Lyotard,
Michel Foucault
Paul-Michel Foucault (, ; ; 15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationship between power and knowledge, and how ...
, and
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida (; ; born Jackie Élie Derrida; See also . 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in numerous texts, and which was developed t ...
.
A criticism made of postmodern approaches to international relations is that they place too much emphasis on theoretical notions and are generally not concerned with the
empirical evidence.
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International relations theory
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