• Is International Relations as a Form of Knowledge Colonial?

     

    Essays4 Politics

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Published: 08.12.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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Extract

I believe in answer to the main essay question that there are areas within international relations (will now be abbreviated as IR) as a field of political study elements of a colonial nature. That is to say IR exhibits as a form of knowledge colonialism. In this essay I shall layout my argument or arrival at the above conclusion in the following ways.
There are three main evaluative criticisms of the article that I will discus. Firstly how it is apparent in the article, a distinction between America (and the 'developed world') to the others (or 'Third World'). …

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