political theorist
C953
concept
A political theorist is a scholar who systematically analyzes, critiques, and constructs ideas about power, governance, justice, and the organization of political communities.
All labels observed (28)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| political theorist canonical | 140 |
| political philosopher | 124 |
| Marxist theorist | 59 |
| political thinker | 53 |
| legal philosopher | 16 |
| Marxist intellectual | 13 |
| critical theorist | 13 |
| legal theorist | 13 |
| feminist philosopher | 9 |
| socialist theorist | 5 |
| libertarian theorist | 4 |
| Frankfurt School theorist | 3 |
| anti-colonial theorist | 3 |
| conservative thinker | 3 |
| libertarian thinker | 3 |
| anarchist thinker | 2 |
| communist theorist | 2 |
| philosopher-king | 2 |
| political intellectual | 2 |
| 政治思想家 | 2 |
| American political theorist | 1 |
| Christian democratic theorist | 1 |
| anarchist theorist | 1 |
| classical liberal scholar | 1 |
| liberal philosopher | 1 |
| political theorists | 1 |
| republican theorist | 1 |
| 政治哲学者 | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: political theorist
Generated description
A political theorist is a scholar who systematically analyzes, critiques, and constructs ideas about power, governance, justice, and the organization of political communities.
Instances (444)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Franz Mehring | Marxist theorist |
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Duxiu
surface form:
Chen Duxiu
|
Marxist theorist |
| Max Weber | — |
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Give Me Liberty
surface form:
Rose Wilder Lane
|
libertarian theorist |
| Isabel Paterson | libertarian thinker |
| Hannah Arendt | — |
| Alan Hamlin | political philosopher |
| Tan Malaka | Marxist theorist |
| Walter Benjamin | Marxist theorist |
| Quentin Skinner | — |
| Theodor W. Adorno | critical theorist |
| Hugo Kołłątaj | political thinker |
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Spinelli
surface form:
Altiero Spinelli
|
— |
| 植木枝盛 | 政治思想家 |
| 中江兆民 | 政治思想家 |
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Chōmin
surface form:
Nakae Chōmin
|
— |
| William Godwin | political philosopher |
| Joseph de Maistre | political philosopher |
| Moses Hess | — |
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Herzen
surface form:
Alexander Herzen
|
political thinker |
| Abdelrahman Munif | political thinker |
| Zygmunt Balicki | political thinker |
| A. D. Lindsay | political philosopher |
| Antonio Labriola | Marxist theorist |
| Ernesto Laclau | — |
| Chantal Mouffe | — |
| Jan Ludwik Popławski | political thinker |
| Michael Sandel | political philosopher |
| Raymond Williams | Marxist theorist |
| G. A. Cohen | political philosopher |
| Jon Elster | — |
| John Roemer | — |
| Erik Olin Wright | Marxist theorist |
| Philippe Van Parijs | political philosopher |
| Robert Brenner | Marxist theorist |
| Fukuzawa Yukichi | — |
|
Hoppe
surface form:
Hans-Hermann Hoppe
|
political philosopher |
| Catherine de Kéralio | political thinker |
|
Juan de Mariana (as consultor, not Grand Inquisitor) – note: check historically
surface form:
Juan de Mariana
|
— |
| Sun Yat-sen | political philosopher |
| Walter Block | libertarian theorist |
| Frank Chodorov | political philosopher |
| Ziauddin Barani | political thinker |
| Louis Auguste Blanqui | — |
| Allan Bloom | political philosopher |
| G. D. H. Cole | — |
| S. G. Hobson | socialist theorist |
| Nikita Muravyov | political thinker |
| David D. Friedman | libertarian theorist |
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Sophie Wertheim
surface form:
Herbert Marcuse
|
critical theorist |