Constructivism or the eternal return of universals in International Relations. Why returning to language is vital to prolonging the owl's flight

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 499-519

  Epstein, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

constructivism; contingency; discourse; gender; human nature; language; new materialisms; performativity; play; poststructuralism; practice turn; structuralism; structures; universality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883642784     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066113494669     Document Type: Article

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