On Political Theory, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences. Issue 4 (28th December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dienstag, Joshua Foa
• Is Part Of: Perspectives on politics. Volume 14:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 1083
• Page End: 1089
• Publication Date: 2016-12-28
• Subjects: Political science -- Periodicals; International relations -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009 -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- 2009- -- Periodicals; 320
• DOI: 10.1017/S1537592716003054
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1537-5927

Abstract

Abstract : Sometimes political theorists like to imagine that they are lonely humanists misplaced in social science departments. In fact, political theory was created as part of a political science composed of both humanistic and social-scientific elements. Rather than trying to locate political theory somewhere between the humanities and the social sciences, we should instead dismantle the boundary between the two and create a unified discipline of questioning that embraces both kinds of inquiry.