Has Political Theory Become More Political? Evidence and Stakes for Future Theory

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ID12381219
AutoresJ Mohorčich (0000-0002-7045-2593, Lehman College, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen55
Número3
Páginas497-503
Fecha de publicación2022-04-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1049096522000269
OpenAlexW4224232960
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas13

This article presents evidence for a secular increase in political engagement in political theory from 1974 to 2019 and analyzes the implications of this growth. Analysis of 385 theory articles published across three periods (i.e., 1974–1976, 2005–2007, and 2017–2019) found a near doubling in topicality among theory articles published in Polity , American Political Science Review , and Political Theory since the 1970s. This change has been substantial, statistically significant, and previously unnoted in the literature. I suggest that the shift toward topicality entails and is entailed by the production of “real events” amenable to and consistent with the theoretical approaches in which successive generations of theorists have been trained. Finally, I explain this shift toward topicality with respect to theory’s responsiveness to real events and to rising levels of professionalization within the field

American political science · Economics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Political economy · Political methodology · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Positive economics · Professionalization · Social science · Sociology · Systems theory in political science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Philosophy · Political Science Research and Education · Religion and Society Interactions

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