‘Real’ world is constituted by interpretations or representations

All we have are competing narratives: there is no single objective truth. It is not saying there is a real world but different lens through which to view it; it is saying that that the ‘real’ world is constituted by perspectives and interpretation or representations

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Themes & Theories in International Relations
7. Representation, resistance, biopower
A. Post-structuralism
B. Knowledge and power
‘Real’ world is constituted by interpretations or representations
All knowledge is socially & historically situated
Foucault: power/knowledge nexus
Fundamentally it is anti-foundationalist
Production of knowledge = inherently normative & political process
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