Mohammad Karim Mohammadi
Abstract
Postmodernism, as the current which has emerged out of developments in the modern world, and by enjoying the critical discourse of modernity, has created many effects on various spheres, including in the political arena. In this research, by raising this question that, what is the relation between post-modernism ...
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Postmodernism, as the current which has emerged out of developments in the modern world, and by enjoying the critical discourse of modernity, has created many effects on various spheres, including in the political arena. In this research, by raising this question that, what is the relation between post-modernism and politics, this hypothesis is formulated that, postmodernism, when implemented in politics, under the influence of relativistic attitudes in the ontological, epistemological and ethical spheres, offers a cynical and skeptical approach to power and rule, which leads to suspension the possibility of any political judgment or political action. In order to test this hypothesis, and by taking advantage of a coherent conceptual framework, first, the genealogy of this current, based on modernity’s process of change and evolution, is investigated and then, by analyzing different aspects of postmodern though in the realm of ontological, epistemological, ethics and politics, the consequences of this approach, on the political and related areas of power and politics, are analyzed.
Gholam Ali Chegani Zadeh; Mohammad Reza Sahraei
Volume 4, Issue 14 , December 2015, , Pages 71-101
Abstract
In 2001, after the international intervention in Afghanistan and theconclusion of Bon Agreement, international peacebuilding efforts wereinitiated in order to prevent reoccurrences of internal war and to createpolitical, economic and social bases for durable peace in Afghanistan.Nevertheless, 14 years ...
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In 2001, after the international intervention in Afghanistan and theconclusion of Bon Agreement, international peacebuilding efforts wereinitiated in order to prevent reoccurrences of internal war and to createpolitical, economic and social bases for durable peace in Afghanistan.Nevertheless, 14 years after the conclusion of Bon Agreement, peacebuildingprocess faces many challenges. In this regard, in this research thesequestions have been answered: what are the challenges for peacebuildingefforts in Afghanistan and how these challenges could be overcome? Inorder to answer these question, the findings of the research show that flawswithin the Bon Agreement has a major role in failure of peacebuildingefforts and in order to advance the peacebuilding process it is necessary thatinternational objectives and approaches be redefined. In this matter, thechallenges facing peacebuilding process in Afghanistan have beenelaborated and explained. Meanwhile, new solutions which are necessary toovercome the challenges have been proposed
