International Relations
Identify the approach of Post-Structuralism and the primary tools it utilizes for its analysis.
Post-Structuralism is based on the denial of structuralist principles in the attitude to people and human society, science, texts, and metaphysics. The primary goal of Post-Structuralism is the understanding of the structure’s paradoxes that arise, for instance, when we try to obtain objective knowledge of men and society with the use of language structures. Post-Structuralism denies sociality and places body and power in advance of language and objects. It includes the understanding of such concepts as emotions of doubt, critics of the subject, the elements of relativism, metaphoricalness, the absence of contrasts, deconstruction, rhizome, pun, and the absolutization of differences.
Describe the two aspects of Green Theory and their prescriptions.
One aspect of Green Theory is normative theorizing that includes the relationships between democracy, the state, and the environment. For instance, one can consider a “land ethic,” the idea of bioregionalism, and strong connection between norms and nature. The other aspect of Green Theory is political economy theorizing that refers to the understanding of the relations between the state, the environment, and the economy.
The ideology of Marxism criticizes capitalism and sees it only as a transitional historical stage that will be replaced by socialism. Marxists support revolution to exterminate capitalism and to establish communism and socialism. Fukuyama claims that capitalist democracy marks the “end of history.” (Stanley and Lee). He states that the logics of economic development leads to the destruction of socialism and the triumph of capitalism (Stanley and Lee). If a state gave up to a natural desire for peace and prosperity, it would accept democratic features of capitalism. Marxists criticize Fukuyama’s position about capitalism as the “end of history” but support the idea of the win of democracy as see direct democracy being a part of communism.
Works Cited
Stanley, Timothy, and Lee, Alexander. “It’s Still Not the End of History.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic, 1 Sep 2014. Web. Accessed 12 Aug 2016.
