Poststructuralism in International Relations: Discourse and the Military
Year: 2022

Abstract This chapter introduces the poststructuralist perspective on international relations (IR). It outlines the epistemological and ontological fundament of poststructuralist thinking and introduces key concepts, notably discourse. This chapter aims to show that the way we talk about the world, about ourselves and others matters. It employs a particular focus on issues and examples that relate to the military – a domain that for long has been dealt with from more traditional IR perspectives.