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history of philosophy of politics  

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  • The entry introduces the foundational questions raised by a philosophical reflection on the nature of politics as a social science and traces their provenance in the history of political philosophy. Questions The history of the philosophy of politics may be defined along a spectrum: At one end are theories treating politics as largely derivative of other domains of philosophy or science, and at the other are those stressing its significantly autonomous nature. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Philosophy of Politics, History of]

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