Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: James Der Derian, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault
27 Dec 2018
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James der derian, rbj walker, cynthia weber, david campbell. 1400s-1600s: enlightenment tried to bring scientific revolution to western thinking. Logocentrism: systemic study of things to find truth. Science - sense and study - cannot explain all of reality. Creating one unified theory of social science is impossible. Knowledge and ideas of this area are considered best. Post structuralism argues that western theories are not necessarily the best. Development and progress is defined by our own standards - market analysis. Not world wars, more so european wars. Unpack global or world terms from european based analysis. Discourse: language and ideas of material reality that shapes/limits what and how we can discuss certain issues. Balance of power is the idea and then it forms a manifestation of the aforementioned terms. Forms the narrative in an inherently biased ways by nature of the terms we use and paradigms/norms associated with that mode of discourse. Connects to realist ideas of security and sovereignty.
