Decentering (of Subject, of Structure)

Keith Dowding

doi:10.4135/9781412994088

Decentering (of Subject, of Structure)

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Postmodernist or poststructuralist writers in general argue that political theory and other discourses have reified people as particular types of monads: rational, instrumental, self-centered, and autonomous agents. In the Enlightenment discourse, these rational instrumental beings choose their actions given the environments in which they find themselves. These rational beings are the agents fashioning the world around them and reacting to that environment in terms of their objects and desires. The agents are the subjects of history and explanation revolves around them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Power
Editors	Keith Dowding
Place of Publication	Thousand Oaks, California
Publisher	Sage Publications Inc
Pages	164-165pp
Volume	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9781412927482
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412994088
Publication status	Published - 2011

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