Explaining the Proposition the of international Relations in the Paradigm of Postmodernism

Abstract

In the current era, all human knowledge may be revised in some way by paradigms that claim to know better. The discipline of international relations, as one of the branches of political science, has opened a special place for postmodernism thinkers, considering the importance of the subject, the main goal of this Article is based on how the paradigm of postmodernism reached the statements of international relations in particular. It analyzes and criticizes the traditional discourses that are considered the dominant and holistic discourse. This research is looking for an answer to the question of whether it is possible to accept postmodernism in the framework of international relations theories as an analytical paradigm, in such a way that the statements of the science of international relations are resolved through it. With the premise that postmodernism as a meta-affirmative approach is a relatively new subject in the science of international relations. In this research, a descriptive-analytical method has been used, using books, scientific articles, and authoritative research journals. The area of issue including international relation elements science. The results of the research show that the paradigm of postmodernism does not agree with any kind of generalization, truth-believing, and structure of statements of international relations, and they consider them as a tool in the hand of power. Understanding and recognizing the components of the postmodernism paradigm may change our attitude in this field, and by thinking critically about what is said as the facts of the subject of international relations, ideas that have never been said or written will be exposed.