John G. Gunnell Quotes

“The idea of the tradition, which in various forms had been part of the study of the history of political theory since its inception, was transformed into the myth of the tradition – an elaborate myth about both the subject matter and the activity of studying it.”
― Christopher C Robinson, John G. Gunnell: History, Discourses and Disciplines

“Prior to 1940 there is very little to indicate any tension between science and history in American political science.”
― Christopher C Robinson, John G. Gunnell: History, Discourses and Disciplines

“By the 1980s, not only was political theory thoroughly estranged from its object, politics, but its components, both inside and outside political science, had become dispersed and even incapable of meaningful debate.”
― Christopher C Robinson, John G. Gunnell: History, Discourses and Disciplines