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The problem of the historical path of Russia in theory and politics
Sociopolitical Sciences, 2021Objective. The main goal of this work is to analyze the main conceptual approaches to the problem of the historical path of Russia both in the field of theory and in official politics. This problem has been central in the domestic political and socio-philosophical discourse for many centuries.
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On Styles of Dealing with Problems in Political Theory
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008What are the different styles by which political theorists deal with intellectual problems? This question is important because if we do not answer it, we shall not know why methodological disagreements are so much more intense and heated than substantive disagreements.
T. J. Donahue, Paulina Ochoa Espejo
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Problems of Political Theory and Action
2014Politics and political action are mainly concerned with questions of power. In this chapter we show that the various justifications of power advanced down the centuries have always amounted to an explicit attempt to mask domination-power. The notion of democracy is not immune from such mystification.
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On the Problem of Methodology and the Nature of Political Theory
Political Theory, 1975T IS PERHAPS AN UNWONTED PARODY of Hegel aphorism about the owl of Minerva taking flight at dusk that the decline o political theory should be accompanied by a heightened interest in hom political theory should be studied. Having laid the tradition of substantive political philosophy to rest, we now find ourselves preoccupied with the problem of how to
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The State of Political Theory and the Problem of Ideology
1996The nature and relationship of philosophy, science and ideology as modes of political thought is the subject of a number of important debates in the latter half of the twentieth century. For most of the history of political thought little or no distinction is made between political philosophy and political science, and the term political ideology does ...
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Expertise in Liberal Political Theory: Problems and Discrepancies
2023The chapter shows just how casually, if at all, liberal theorists approach the issue of expertise and the role of experts in political decision-making. Analysing the works of Amy Gutmann, Dennis Thompson, Thomas Christiano and Hélène Landemore, among others, it identifies three approaches to the lay-expert relationship dominant in liberal thought and ...
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Hume and the Problem of Theory and Practice in Philosophy and Political Theory
2012What can theory do and what can it not do? What is, and what should be, the relationship between theory and practice? This book examines the relationship between theory and practice in the philosophy and political theory of the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).
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Political Theory and the Child: Problems of the Individualist Tradition
Political Studies, 1979Consideration of the status and treatment of the child is a legitimate concern of political theory, and may lead to reappraisal of some commonly deployed arguments. Several respects are indicated in which decisions taken by adults and affecting children may properly be considered political. More specifically, it is argued that (i) anarchist theory; (ii)
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Political Theory, the Archive, and the Problem of Authority
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The problem of interests in contemporary liberal political theory
Politics, 1989Abstract ‘Interest’ is a central concept in contemporary liberal political theory. Much of this discussion is marked by related confusions between ‘interest’ and ‘actions‐in‐interests’ and between ‘subjective’ and ‘objective’ interests. These confusions are damaging, since liberal theorists are ostensibly firmly opposed to treating objective interests ...
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