Reinterpreting Thinkers and Schools

Abstract

Classical political theorists from Kant to Weber continue to be a rich source of insights, concepts and theoretical perspectives on the determinants of political life in the contemporary world. The twentieth century also saw a number of thinkers produce invaluable keys to understanding political phenomena for an uncertain present. This panel aims to bring together new takes on both classical thinkers and more recent additions to the canon who provide the building blocks for any form of political analysis. In a world ripe with challenges to political thinkers, a renewed engagement with theory is an urgent task, one being taken on by a wide-range of young political scientists as this panel will show.

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