Explaining the Relationship of Culture and Power in International Relations Critical, Post-Structuralism and constructivism

پژوهش نامه ایرانی سیاست بین الملل

Article 2, Volume 7, Issue 1, April 2018, Pages 29-52   

Document Type: مقالات

DOI: 10.22067/jipr.v7i1.68293

Authors

Mohammad Hossein Jamshidi^* ; Afshin Shamiri

Tarbiyat Modares Univercity

Abstract

Related to the conceptual transformations of power and culture and the impact of these two phenomena, extensive studies have been done in international relations. But less research has been done on the interaction of these two concept in the field of international relations. While today, the importance of this connection has become more prominent, especially with the rising of the smart power theory. Therefore, the present research seeks to explain the relation between culture and power in three critical, post structuralism and constructivism approaches, with the help of the conceptual framework of power and comparative method. Each approach of the Critical, Post-Structuralism and Structuralism respectively consider instrumental, discursive, and evolved role for culture toward power. In this regard, the question posed in this research is that how three critical approaches, post-structuralism and constructivism explain the relationship between culture and power in the field of international relations? The results shows that by comparing the viewpoint of the three approaches about relationship between power and culture in international relations, we find that these two phenomena are mutually reinforcing each other in a fluid and dynamic environment compound from cultural concepts such as ideology, meaning, identity, and norms, and in this mutual and interminable relation, the interaction of power and culture in the forms of security, order, and stability emerges.

Keywords

power; Culture; Critical attitude; Post-Structuralism; Constructivism

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