Postmodernism (international relations)

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". Post-modern international relations theory critiques theories like Marxism that provide an overarching metanarrative to history. Key postmodern thinkers include Lyotard, Foucault and Derrida.^[1]

Criticisms

A criticism made of post-modern approaches to international relations is that they place too much emphasis on theoretical notions and are generally not concerned with the empirical evidence.^[2]

References

1. John Baylis and Steve Smith, The Globalisation of World Politics, 3rd ed, pp. 285–287.
2. Baylis and Smith, p. 287.

External links

• Bibliography of books and articles