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Vaughan-Williams, Nick and Lundborg, Tom (2015) New materialisms, discourse analysis, and international relations : a radical intertextual approach. Review of International Studies, Volume 41 (Number 1). pp. 3-25. doi:10.1017/S0260210514000163 ISSN 0260-2105.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0260210514000163
Abstract
This article investigates the recent ‘New Materialisms’ turn in social and political thought and asks what the potential theoretical and methodological significance might be for the study of International Relations (IR). To do so we return to debates about the theoretical status of discourse in IR as it is in this context that the question of materiality – particularly as it relates to language – has featured prominently in recent years. While the concept of discourse is increasingly narrow in IR, the ‘New Materialisms’ literature emphasises the political force of materiality beyond language and representation. However, a move to reprioritise the politics of materiality over that of language and representation is equally problematic since it perpetuates rather than challenges the notion of a prior distinction between language and materiality. In response, we draw on earlier poststructural thought in order to displace this dichotomy and articulate an extended understanding of what analysing ‘discourse’ might mean in the study of IR.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Review of International Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 0260-2105 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 January 2015 | ||||||
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Volume: | Volume 41 | ||||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 23 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3-25 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0260210514000163 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 December 2015 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 December 2015 |
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