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Title:
THE UTILITY OF THE POST-MODERN DECONSTRUCTION PROCESS IN THE REALM OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Authors:
Denzel Joyson A J

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Denzel Joyson A J
Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, India

MLA 8
A J, Denzel Joyson. "THE UTILITY OF THE POST-MODERN DECONSTRUCTION PROCESS IN THE REALM OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 2023, pp. 140-156, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i01.009. Accessed Jan. 2023.
APA 6
A J, D. (2023, January). THE UTILITY OF THE POST-MODERN DECONSTRUCTION PROCESS IN THE REALM OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 8(1), 140-156. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i01.009
Chicago
A J, Denzel Joyson. "THE UTILITY OF THE POST-MODERN DECONSTRUCTION PROCESS IN THE REALM OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 8, no. 1 (January 2023), 140-156. Accessed January, 2023. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i01.009.

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ABSTRACT:
This paper seeks to explore and challenge widely held notions surrounding the utility of postmodernist deconstruction within the realm of the social sciences. Beginning with a defence of the inclusion or rather by building a case for the inclusion of postmodernist modes of enquiry in the social sciences (specifically in this case; political science), this paper builds on the historical utility of the deconstruction process as well as mapping out its perceived utility in contemporary political theory as well as charting out its importance in the analysis of international relations and global affairs. Lastly, this paper also seeks to understand how the utilisation of Derridean deconstruction (often widely held to be the most important of all post-modernist modes of enquiry) in the creation of post-colonial and post-structuralist discourse possesses the potential to create bodies of knowledge that are not rooted in or wholly reliant on positivist logic or discourse, a characteristic that is inarguably important in the contemporary era.

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