No 'fundamental essences' to actors, entities assumed as given
Post-structuralism says the actors, entities, and things we assume are given, and natural in international politics actually depend on how we construct them in our discourses, in particular core political categories like ‘humans’, ‘states’, ‘civilisation’. There are no fundamental essences.
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Themes & Theories in International Relations »Themes & Theories in International Relations
7. Representation, resistance, biopower »7. Representation, resistance, biopower
A. Post-structuralism »A. Post-structuralism
F. Identity and foreign policy »F. Identity and foreign policy
No 'fundamental essences' to actors, entities assumed as given
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