What is political philosophy? A phenomenological view.

From: Perspectives on Political Science | Date: March 22, 2007| Author: Smith, Gregory Bruce | Copyright information

Abstract: Political philosophy must be pursued phenomenologically. When pursued phenomenologically, political philosophy is in fact proto or first philosophy itself rather than a subsection of philosophy. As first philosophy, political philosophy must be seen as architectonic, the queen of the sciences.

Keywords: architectonic, first philosophy, phenomenology, political philosophy

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