Class, Power, and the State in the 21st The Science of the State: Race, Class, and National Identity in Us Political Science, 1835 to 1945, Book 1, (Hardcover)

<p><em>The Science of the State: Race, Class, and National Identity in US Political Science, 1835-1945 </em>traces the origins of US political science as it emerged from the <em>Staatwissenschaft </em>paradigm of post-Hegelian nineteenth century Germany, particularly through the influence of Johann Caspar Bluntschli, Wilhelm G. F. Roscher, and Ludwig von Gumplowicz. The US science of the state emphasized three concepts - race, class, and national identity - which generated two competing theories of the state: a metaphysical theory of the state anchored in the concept of race, and an economic theory of the state anchored in the concept of class. By the 1920s, a new sociological theory of the state laid the foundations for a paradigm shift from the science of the state to pluralism in US political science. The author suggests that the origins of US political science structured its development as a dialectical conflict between the official discipline's ideological defense of economic and racial inequality and a critical political science, which challenged the structural inequalities of US capitalism and liberal democracy.</p>

• Class, Power, and the State in the 21st The Science of the State: Race, Class, and National Identity in Us Political Science, 1835 to 1945, Book 1, (Hardcover)
• Author: de Gruyter
• ISBN: 9783111599298
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-06-22
• Page Count: 416