Political theory and political philosophy examine the fundamental questions of how societies ought to be organised, how authority and legitimacy are justified, and how concepts such as justice, ...

Political theory and normative realism constitutes an approach to normative enquiry that insists on the centrality of real‐world political phenomena in the justification of political principles.

Political theory has long relied on the ancient Greek world to explain the modern one. Plato and Aristotle are routinely ...

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As students, it’s likely that we’ll take more classes we don’t like than classes we do. However, we owe it ourselves to find some classes we care about for more than just the grade. As a political ...

Thomas Pangle, author of numerous acclaimed studies spanning the entire history of political philosophy from Socrates to today’s various postmodernisms, is arguably the most prominent and accomplished ...

Over three years, BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Bristol offers in-depth and stimulating study in three different disciplines. The programme aims to open doors and prepare ...

POLITICAL THEORY is the study of politics, concepts, and the historical record of political thought. Our Theory program is distinguished by the strengths of faculty and students in grounding critical ...

This book review is a web exclusive for the Summer 2025 issue of The Independent Review. Political Philosophy: The Basics largely lives up to its promise of introducing students to modern political ...

Editors’ note: The following is an edited version of remarks delivered at The New Criterion’s gala on April 22, 2026, honoring Harvey Mansfield with the thirteenth Edmund Burke Award for Service to ...