From a Positive to a Cultural Science: Towards a New Rationale for Political Studies

In: Political studies, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 188-204

Abstract

A new rationale is presented for political studies in light of the trend away from empirical consideration of the discipline. The question of the many subfields within political studies & their contribution to an integrated field of study is also addressed. To tie the subfields together into one structure, it is recognized that each focuses on some aspect of human associations; thus political studies as a discipline examines the different types of human associations, & how individuals can live together in a community. Such an examination does not constitute a physical science, but rather a cultural science. 31 References. A. Cole