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Ayşe-Şevval-Raylaz Assignment 2, book assignment, ENG102 Final, adm1122, Adm1122 midterm
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critical theory, Robert Cox important figure brining importance of critical theory,
part of marxist theories in terms of trying to reach emancipation as basic scheme,
most important +it is amorist in the sense that critical theory looks at how the dev.
world benefits from existing theories of ir+
• but we ted to put it as part of new theories
• theories are constitutive and save some interest
Robert Cox is leading figures
critical theory
• ROBERT COX major figure underlining ; theory is always for someone and is always fora person, at the core of critical ir theory
• this whole sentence best examples underlining power knowledge rs
cox brining to attention, theories are not truth claim, they serve some people, our knowledge is crested by powerful and benefits the powerful
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Gramsci bout criticism of wealthy become wealthier, Cox himself tells us theories are created in rich north and always to the disadvantage of poor south, empowers rich nation the elite in the north, continuation of elite statuesque
- critical the descended of b schools
Markuser, Horkheimer, : problem solving theories ,
• try to maintain status quo, why do wars happen, helping by certain remedies, there is a need to solve a problem
on the other hand , reveal whose interest theories serve, (critical theory) acc to cox they sere the rich and the powerful where we see this power knowledge rs the elite, the bourgeoisie
• if we for example, we don’t look at core, periphery, if we for instance acc to realist, that economics is low politics, flow of raw materials is inferior to conflict, wars, security, power is what keeps state, power defined in military terms, wo we don’t see who these the oreisnsevr, who benefits from them
• when we are talking bout critics theories one need to take acc of twee we should look for our answers, the answer in our theories should be in this concept of emancipation (

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