Political Philosophy Across Disciplines

Abstract

Political philosophy and political theory have long been interdisciplinary, housed in both philosophy and political science departments. They have had a tempestuous relationship with the other specialties in both disciplines, at times drawing on them productively, at others finding themselves in conflict over academic resources and prestige. Similar productive tensions exist with adjacent disciplines such as legal studies and the history of political thought. Now, political philosophers are increasingly developing relationships with other disciplines. Ethnographic methods have been of newfound interest, taking their place alongside literary and other humanistic approaches as well as psychological and other social-scientific approaches. The aim of this panel will be to elucidate the relationship of political philosophy with a variety of disciplines, both advancing existing interdisciplinary exchanges and launching new ones.

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