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Post-structuralism and Post-colonialism in International Relations

Differences, variation, dominance and control of beliefs, philosophies, values, culture and the likes for numerous reasons, are known to be rampant since ages ago. The birth, survival, death and renaissance of such continuously go in repetitive cycle leading to the extent of human knowledge in the time being. The study and understanding of one perspective from another point of view have been in different level and angle of acceptance and rejection upon consideration of all the established wisdom that humans acquired. That the decease of one doesn't mean an end but possibly an annunciation of another, as much as how the structuralism and colonialism breakdown and reform into an era of thereafter. 

 As an ideology, structuralism pertains to the concept of understanding theories and and human knowledge and behavior considering the relationship and connections these are correlated with. Encompassing the field of studies related to human nature, structuralism projects analysis of comprehensive, systematic and dimensional coordination and correlation of an idea to another upon relative deconstruction. As such, post-structuralism therefore is any theory and study established later the transcendence of structuralism era and thus provide executing judgement of acceptance or rejection of the formed ideologies. 

 As thorough visualization of how the past centuries promote the idea of dominance and control, colonialism came as a tool to attain individual and collective interest. And any actions taken after the peak of colonialism era, more of such preceding obtained and projected as warfare and battle, is considered post-colonialism. This philosophy, nevertheless the length of time travelled, successfully transformed itself through camouflage with the dynamic and irresistible changes in the environment and its actors. Although absorbed by majority upon manifestation of diplomatic claims, the essence to manipulate and colonize one by another is still existing, evolving from largest to littlest and collective to individual scale of interest, by all means in almost every aspect of human living. 

 Given such philosophical ideologies contributed and destructed much in different angles and levels, in international relations these are prominent subject upon establishing, creating resolution, strengthening or ceasing of existence of relationship, treaties, connections, conflicts and agreements between each and every nation and state. In conclusion apart from discrepancy and contrast of belief and knowledge of human beings, what to exploit and which to omit, the existence of difference and similarity will continue to evolve in forms, through time, and the way to survival and continuity is to accept, adapt and reconstruct better life.