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Future of political theory: Problem of knowledge legitimization through dichotomy of humanism and poststructuralist tradition

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Article tries to shed light upon the political theory functional contradiction through the dichotomy of humanistic and post-structuralist tradition. In the nutshell, there is a question about the status and the process of legitimization of the scientific knowledge and its corresponding consequences. Several sections of the articles are dedicated to external and internal aspects of the methodological reflection within political theory domain. Conclusion is drawn on a possible way of political theory development in the future.

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Anastasia Poretskova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation


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