The Politics of Identity in International Relations: A Poststructuralist Interpretation by R B J Walker

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Simi Joseph, Jolsy Abraham

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Post-structuralism has enormous effect on social sciences and the discipline of International Relations (IR) has undergone significant changes over the last few decades. The upsurge of ‘Third Debate’ in the 1980s highlighted the epistemological and ontological shifts in the discipline. Post-structuralism is one of the strands of post-positivist approach which is closely related to the works of Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Jean–François Lyotard, Richard Rorty and Jean Baudrillard. Scholars like Richard Ashley, James Der Derain, Michael Shapiro, R.B.J.Walker and David Campbell are some prominent figures who applied post-structuralist philosophy in International relations.Among them, the influence of R.B.J.Walker is remarkable. More than a mere theory or ideology, post-structuralist’s questions all the established systems and continues to influence every sphere of life. There is an evident disregard for traditional attitude and ‘absolutisation’ in all walks of life.

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