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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM MYTH OR REALITY FOR PEACE AND SECURITY

02 Pages : 14-22

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2020(V-I).02      10.31703/gsssr.2020(V-I).02      Published : Mar 2020

Critical Analysis of Social Constructivism: Myth or Reality for Peace and Security

    Subjectivity is the mother of all social sciences. There is no universal truth, there is no objective reality and there is no finality in social sciences. Final truth belongs to heaven, not to this world and none of the theories can claim finality or objectivity. Nonetheless, theories try to explain the truth, holding water, either more or less. Theories, highlighting the intrinsic nature of humans [good & bad], the structure of international system (anarchic)or class struggle[bourgeois & proletariat]are both researchable and discernible. Social Constructivism, on the other hand labels all the theories as social constructions and itself constructs an endless desert of ideas, develops absurdity, and makes the truth less accessible and more mythical. Social Constructivism, instead of explaining the truth is making it blurred and doubtful. Instead of ensuring clarity, its own assumptions are constructing a mythical world. This analytical paper critically analyzes the social constructivists' assumptions and their critique on all the established beliefs in general and mainstream perspectives in particular.

    Social Constructivism, Realism, Liberalism
    (1) Nazim Rahim
    Assistant Professor, Department of Politics & IR, Qurtuba University of Science & IT, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Asghar Ali
    PhD Scholar, Department of Politics & IR, Qurtuba University of Science & IT, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Rahim, N., & Ali, A. (2020). Critical Analysis of Social Constructivism: Myth or Reality for Peace and Security. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V(I), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2020(V-I).02
    CHICAGO : Rahim, Nazim, and Asghar Ali. 2020. "Critical Analysis of Social Constructivism: Myth or Reality for Peace and Security." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V (I): 14-22 doi: 10.31703/gsssr.2020(V-I).02
    HARVARD : RAHIM, N. & ALI, A. 2020. Critical Analysis of Social Constructivism: Myth or Reality for Peace and Security. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V, 14-22.
    MHRA : Rahim, Nazim, and Asghar Ali. 2020. "Critical Analysis of Social Constructivism: Myth or Reality for Peace and Security." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V: 14-22
    MLA : Rahim, Nazim, and Asghar Ali. "Critical Analysis of Social Constructivism: Myth or Reality for Peace and Security." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V.I (2020): 14-22 Print.
    OXFORD : Rahim, Nazim and Ali, Asghar (2020), "Critical Analysis of Social Constructivism: Myth or Reality for Peace and Security", Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V (I), 14-22
    TURABIAN : Rahim, Nazim, and Asghar Ali. "Critical Analysis of Social Constructivism: Myth or Reality for Peace and Security." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review V, no. I (2020): 14-22. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2020(V-I).02