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Foreign policies constitute the identity of the self

IPS scholars argue that foreign policies constitute the identity of the self, the state, through the construction of threats, dangers and challenges and ‘others’. How we represent others affects how we understand ourselves.

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Themes & Theories in International Relations
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7. Representation, resistance, biopower
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A. Post-structuralism
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F. Identity and foreign policy
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Foreign policies constitute the identity of the self
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Construction of self/other also operates internally
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Critical of IR focus on states, state behaviour, anarchy, sovereignty
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Focus on dichotomous identities that value on over the other
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Foreign policy actions = in part about reproducing who we think we are
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No 'fundamental essences' to actors, entities assumed as given
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Understanding the world depends on exclusion of identities/histories
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Violence: via material & Ideational construction of boundaries
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