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1. deals with the imposition of present on the past.
2. focuses on the complex relationship between discourse and power
3. tries to show that history is shaped within the framework of these relations and does not have continuity.
4. is a deviation from archeology but rather is the purpose of completing it.
5. reveals the formations of them and the power-knowledge relations in their backgrounds by -in the words of Derrida- deconstructing the established understanding and norms.

Which of the above are correct related to genealogy?

"___________ is a strategy some rules for reading, interpretation and
writing”.

In the context of posstructuralism, which of the following completes the sentence the most appropriately?

"USA identified herself as the “civilized”, Soviet Union as the “ barbaric other” through discourse."

The above sentence is an example for posstructuralism's focusing on:

Which of the following poststructuralist scholar introduced the double reading to literature as a deconstruction style?

The most important feature that differentiates poststructuralist approaches from other social theories, including constructivism, is that __________is the basis of its ontology.

Poststructuralist thoughts focus on speciousness of a modern claim ____________ the validity of one and only perspective which Nietzsche and Foucault want to abolish.

.................... is the whole of the practices that construct the objects it speaks on or creates its own truth. 

Which one of the following research methods is not used by Poststructuralists?

_____________deals with the imposition of present on the past. This methodology focuses on the complex relationship between discourse and power, and tries to show that history is shaped within the framework of these relations and does not have continuity.

According to Foucault, there is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge, nor any knowledge that does not ___________and constitute at the same time power relations.

Which of the following is the critical attitude or approach that emphasizes the importance of representation, the role of discourse in the meaning of international relations and the relationship between knowledge and power?

Which of the following information about Foucault's approach to power is not true?

1. Discourse not only describes the world but also constructs it.
2. Language and discourse are quite important: object, subject, states, material structures etc. are constructed through the language.
3. You do/constitute something while you say something.
4. Sovereign states are constructed by discoursive practices, such as security discourse, immigration policies, policymakers’ discourse about national interest, economic invesment, threat, danger or existence of foreigners in their countries etc.

Which of the above can be used to strengthen the argument that “Discourses are not only constative but are also performative” in the context of poststructualism?

1. Scholars of International Relations are necessarily participants in the world politics, not independent observers.
2. Neither theorists nor theories which consist of ideas can not be politically neutral contrarily they do have a political and social impact.
3. Scholar must be a Godlike detachment or have otherworldliness for this assumption to be possible.
4. Theoretical knowledge is not independent from the values, thoughts and ideological beliefs of the theorist.

Which of the arguments above can be used by an advocator of poststructualism in the context of International Relations?

"Richard Ashley’s article “Poverty of Neorealism” heavily criticizes Kenneth Waltz’s neorealism, pointing out to its emphasis on systemic anarchy which serves__________"

Which of the following cannot be used to complete the sentence correctly?

I. It can be defined as a worldview or even an anti worldview suspicious about the fact that events in the world can not be explained without grand theories

II. It is regarded as a critical attitude or approach that emphasizes the importance of representation, the role of discourse in the meaning of international relations and the relationship between knowledge and power.

1. Which approach is described by the above sentences?

Speech Act Theory was founded by ___________.

1. Poststructuralism can be defined as a worldview or even an antiworldview suspicious about the fact that events in the world can not be explained without grand theories.
2. Rather than being a theory, poststructuralism is regarded as a critical attitude or approach that emphasizes the importance of representation, the role of discoure in the meaning of international relations and the relationship between knowledge and power.
3. Poststructuralism is not a new school with its own actors, subject and members, but an approach that tries to explain its concerns with some questions.
4. Poststructualism is an attitude or mentality that tries to make alternative policies possible with its critiques.

Which of the above are correct in the context of the definition of poststructualism?

Which of the following two are considered the most significant scholars of poststructuralism?

I. Discourse cannot be inconceivable separated from the epistemes of the historical period in which it arises.

II. Discourse, is an instrument of constituting knowledge, together with the social practice and power relations.

III. Discourse is created and perpetuated by the power; on the other hand, power is produced and transmitted by discourse.

Which scholar described discourse as above?