Seminar: Political Theory Method

Examination of the relationship of political science to political practice, focused in particular on the meaning of the study of politics as a science, the utility and methods for the study of political treatises, in particular old ones, and the relationship between political theory and the rest of political science. Assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of the dominant interpretative methods through the study of specific cases in the reception and use of political theories. For the specific topic, see the political science department website.