Diplomacy in the postmodernity
- Institution: University of Wrocław (Poland)
- Year of publication: 2010
- Source: Show
- Pages: 7-29
- DOI Address: http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/ppsy2010001
- PDF: ppsy/39/ppsy2010001.pdf
Considerations devoted to postmodern diplomacy should be preceded by reflection on the phenomenon of postmodernity, because everything, what it expresses, creates some kind of depth of causative powers of changes, which aff ect diplomacy, traditionally connected with state, its foreign policy, raison d’état, reasons and interests, to realisation of which it should serve. The diplomat’s mandate is still a mandate coming from state, which they represent and on behalf of which they act. However, on the other hand, diplomatic functions are more and more often attributed to non-state subjects, which have different objectives and tasks to accomplish.