Political theory: why it seems universal, but isn't really.

From: Futures | Date: February 1, 2002| Author: Lummis, C. Douglas | Copyright information

Abstract

With its claim to be the Master Science, political theory gives the appearance of being a universal discipline. Yet, there are few academic disciplines as stubbornly Eurocentric as this one, both in its unwillingness to accept non-Westerners into its canon of theorists, and its unwillingness to take up non-Western subject matter. Of course, to some extent this is based on simple prejudice. But also there are structural reasons for it. Western political theory is...

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