REVISITING POLITICAL THEORY: BEYOND EXCESSIVE EMPIRICISM AND EXTREME NORMATIVISM

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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v9.i3.2021.3743

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The Political, Empirical, Normative, Theory, Contestability, Post-Factual Politics

Abstract [English]

In this paper we attempt to find an answer to the question – how can we revisit political theory? This question may seem apparently simple, but the moment one start exploring, the incongruities and complexities of politics make the undertaking question highly toilsome. It is impossible to completely reject the normative framework in political analyses as far as it deals with the human society. On the other side, the age of post-truth politics also creates a difficulty to find out the objective facts and truth. So rather than arguing which method of politics is more efficient to deal with the uncertainties of human political life today, we attempt to visualize politics from a new understanding i.e., politics as absence of general agreement beyond excessive empiricism and extreme normativism. It is the antagonistic nature of human beings what keep ‘the political’ alive, and constitute the factual practices known as ‘politics’.

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2021-03-22

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Debnath, K., & Chatterjee, S. (2021). REVISITING POLITICAL THEORY: BEYOND EXCESSIVE EMPIRICISM AND EXTREME NORMATIVISM. International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 9(3), 47–55. https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v9.i3.2021.3743