The current diversity and vitality of the field of political theory is reflected in the wide ranging interests of the seminar. In recent years this seminar has explored a broad spectrum of topics and modes of discourse, including methodological analyses in historiography and the philosophy of social science, specific historical and conceptual studies of particular thinkers and ideas, and exercises in 'applied' political theory dealing with contemporary issues of social and public policy.

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Seminar: #427
Founded: 1968

Seminar Administration Co Chairs: David Johnston Professor Columbia University, Department of Politcal Science dcj1@columbia.edu Melissa Schwartzberg Associate Professor Columbia University, Department of Political Science 212 854 6485 ms3125@columbia.edu Rapporteur: Pablo Kalmanovitz Columbia University, Political Science pk2115@columbia.edu