No ultimate answer: discourses = knowledge not just description
For Foucault, there is no ultimate answer waiting to be uncovered. It is discourses that are the source of our knowledge and it is therefore discourses that constitute out social world, they don’t just describe it.
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Themes & Theories in International Relations »Themes & Theories in International Relations
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7. Representation, resistance, biopower »7. Representation, resistance, biopower
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A. Post-structuralism »A. Post-structuralism
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C. Language and discourse »C. Language and discourse
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No ultimate answer: discourses = knowledge not just description
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