Political Science as a Method of Constructing the Categorical and Conceptual Frameworks of Social Sciences (Historical Aspect)

The development of disciplinary knowledge led to the fragmentation of the social sciences and humanities and the destruction of a unified categorical and conceptual framework. In the early modern, attempts were made to integrate these disciplines, including through political science. Currently, political science has extensive experience working with political concepts and is therefore capable of facilitating the “synchronization” of the categorical and conceptual frameworks of the disciplines comprising the unified social sciences and humanities core of Russian higher education. This article examines the historical and value-based approaches to the study of political concepts. Both approaches demonstrate the sensitivity of concepts to social and political contexts. Therefore, due to the dynamism of contexts, the system of political concepts is constantly changing, refining, and adjusting. This should be addressed within the framework of studying the disciplines of the social sciences and humanities core. The integration of social sciences and humanities is also facilitated by the shift from the acquisition of disciplinary knowledge to the acquisition of wisdom. Strengthening the university’s mediating role will allow political science to develop consensus models adequate to political realities.

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