Original title: Diskurz, praxe a budování národního zájmu: studie kontinuity americké bezpečnostní politiky
Translated title: Discourse, practice and construction of national interest: study of the U.S. security policy continuity
Authors: Ludvík, Jan ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2010
Language: eng
Abstract: The following study has been deeply inspired by growing bulk of postmodern scholarship. The basic logic behind this study comprises of the assumption that the fundamental structures of international politics are social constructs constituted in the processes and practices of dealing with them. Ultimately the text below offers problematization of several concepts of the American security policy believes that are usually more or less taken for granted. Working within this notion, common knowledge must be understood as the problem itself. Meanings we ascribe to various terms are in fact product of previous experiences, shared believes, and culturally contingent images that has been constituted through various practices in dealing with them. The following study thus further elaborates the concept of the national interests and of the relation between national interests and threats

Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses) (web)
Document availability information: Available in the Charles University Digital Repository.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/30743

Permalink: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-286333


The record appears in these collections:
Universities and colleges > Public universities > Charles University > Charles University Faculties (theses)
Academic theses (ETDs) > Master’s theses