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 |
|---|---|
| Sajjad Zaheer | Marxist intellectual |
| Cai Hesen | Marxist intellectual |
| David Harvey | Marxist theorist |
| Mike Davis | Marxist intellectual |
| John Gardner | legal philosopher |
| Joseph Raz | legal philosopher |
| Hu Qiaomu | Marxist theorist |
| Feng Guifen | political thinker |
| Peter Kropotkin | political philosopher |
| Tommaso Campanella | political philosopher |
| Anton Pannekoek | Marxist theorist |
| Yokoi Shōnan | political thinker |
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Aflaq
surface form:
Michel Aflaq
|
— |
| Nadezhda Krupskaya | Marxist theorist |
| Robert Nisbet | conservative thinker |
| John Fortescue (c. 1394–c. 1479) | political thinker |
| Roger Scruton | conservative thinker |
| Altiero Spinelli | — |
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federalist politician Altiero Spinelli
surface form:
Altiero Spinelli
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— |
| Nakae Chōmin | political thinker |
| Lev Tikhomirov | — |
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Korsch
surface form:
Karl Korsch
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Marxist theorist |
| Étienne Balibar | political philosopher |
| Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau | political philosopher |
| Jacques Rancière | political philosopher |
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American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers
surface form:
Perry Anderson
|
— |
| Ueki Emori | political philosopher |
| Luigi Sturzo | Christian democratic theorist |
| Alexander Herzen | political thinker |
| John Gray | political philosopher |
| Pyotr Lavrov | — |
|
Sorel
surface form:
Georges Sorel
|
— |
| Bob Jessop | Marxist theorist |
| Adolphe Miliband | — |
| Jeong Do-jeon | political thinker |
| Michael Walzer | — |
| Antonio Gramsci | — |
| Jeong Yak-yong | political thinker |
| Al-Farabi | political philosopher |
|
John
surface form:
John Finnis
|
legal philosopher |
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Finnis
surface form:
John Finnis
|
legal philosopher |
| Georgi Plekhanov | Marxist theorist |
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Hobhouse
surface form:
Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse
|
— |
| Benjamin Tucker | political philosopher |
| Vincenzo Cuoco | political thinker |
| Bernard Bosanquet | — |
| Ferdinand Lassalle | — |
| Samir Amin | Marxist theorist |
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Miliband
surface form:
Ralph Miliband
|
— |
| Theotonio dos Santos | Marxist theorist |