International Relations and the Challenge of Postmodernism

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"Promising to stimulate discussion among both those who celebrate the arrival of the "Third Debate" and those who fear its colonization and spread, D. S. L. Jarvis offers an innovative appraisal of the various postmodern and post-structural theories currently sweeping the discipline of International Relations. Citing the work of Richard Ashley, Jarvis explores the lineage of postmodern theory, its importation into International Relations, and its transformation from critical epistemology to subversive and deconstructive political program."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

The distinguished scholar of International Relations, Stanley Hoffmann, concluded a recent autobiographical article with the following advice for graduate students: Avoid fads, resist the pressure to begin your career by showing your dexterity with grand theory, remember that theory is necessary only as a help to understanding, as a path to interesting questions, but that it can all too often become a hindrance or screen.

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