Who speaks? Discourse, the subject and the study of identity in international politics

Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 327 - 350
Published: Jun 1, 2011
Abstract
This article aims to show the theoretical added value of focussing on discourse to study identity in international relations (IR). I argue that the discourse approach offers a more theoretically parsimonious and empirically grounded way of studying identity than approaches developed in the wake of both constructivism and the broader ‘psychological turn’. My starting point is a critique of the discipline’s understanding of the ‘self’ uncritically...
Paper Details
Title
Who speaks? Discourse, the subject and the study of identity in international politics
Published Date
Jun 1, 2011
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
327 - 350
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