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The French Political Science Review spent there half a century one of its numbers was 'political Theory.' This volume satisfied, under the aegis of Raymond Aron, influential figures of the main traditions of the time, in France as in abroad: the liberalism (Isaiah Berlin) Marxism (Henri Lefebvre), the 'economic' theories (Anthony Downs, Bertrand de Louvenel) to the theory of international relations (Stanley Hoffman), of analytic philosophy (Richard Wollheim) has the philosophy of Kanto-Hegelian tradition (Eric Weil). Their contributions, however, were content not to illustrate the methods and objects to their own authors, but has struggled to answer even one question, about the nature of this particular approach to politics. In his brief preface, Aron suggest also a more adequate title for this album could have been 'In quest of political theory' as the referent of this entitled him seemed uncertain. Adapted from the source document.

In the crisis that pervades Western Marxism, the question of the party & its relation to the masses occupies a central position. Critically examined is the Leninist conception of party, specifying those intrinsic limits which are linked to the theoretical & political context of the period in which it was elaborated. The problem of the development of class consciousness is raised & the Leninist principle of the external character of class consciousness criticized. This theory, in which the party is conceived as the master-thinker & theoretical guide of a proletariat dominated by its material conditions of existence rests on an epistemological justification: the theory of reflection. The philosophical foundations of this conception are retraced in Lenin's theory of knowledge, which makes the party mediator/bearer of the historical truth of the proletariat. For Lenin, the lack of consciousness of the working class is explained by its inability to pass beyond its class determination & to rise to a comprehension of contradiction. It is by reason of this deep-seated narrowness of the working class that the party is indispensable in bringing knowledge of society in its totality to the proletariat. Modified HA.

In this paper, we argue in favor of embedding struggles for recognition in struggles for appropriation. In the first section, we highlight the socio-economic antinomies of the Frankfurt's School critique of capitalism. Then, through a presentation of Marx, we seek to anchor struggles for recognition in a socio-historical critique of capitalism. Lastly, we seek to present promising theoretical developments within Western Marxism to address the issue of recognition in advanced capitalism. Adapted from the source document.

Pol'al sci & the sci of history may profitably be compared as regards their nature & function. A careful scrutiny of writings on history will reveal that the term 'historical understanding' is employed in 2 cliff senses: (1) It is used to indicate the author's relativating attention for the determining concrete context in which the actual situation has found its origin. (2) It also occurs where the author wishes to draw attention to the discrepancy between the determining actual situation on the one hand, & on the other what ought to be seen as general norms, eg such values as truth & beauty. The notion of this discrepancy will draw man towards a free creative transcendance of the actual situation. Of these 2 approaches the 1st is commonly termed the sci'fic historical one, the 2nd the systematic, theoretical, or philosophical one. The relation between these 2 poles of historical knowledge is discussed as it appears in the thought of Friedrich Meinecke, Jan Romein & A. de Simon. The mutual relation within historical studies between sci'fic historical methods on the one side & the theory of philosophy of history on the other, merits further thought. Such reflection will help us to spot the false dilemma between a historical knowledge that is irrelevant to man, & one that has been reduced to a dogmatic apology of an engagement which is merely based on the emotions. Modified IPSA.