The ‘discipline’ of political ‘science’ (or in an earlier age ‘the law’) examines the way different institutional arrangements affect\u2014as Harold Lasswell put it\u2014who gets what, when, how. There is a large and fascinating library of books examining that question.<\/p>\n
But the political struggle (the\u00a0agon<\/em>) is also the commons. How do ‘we’ disagree with one another? About what? Who is allowed to participate in the\u00a0agon<\/em> of politics? Not abstractly, as a matter of theory (the politics\u00a0of<\/em> the commons). But as a mater of strategic positioning and tactics.<\/em> This may be the\u00a0intersection<\/em> of history, and political theory<\/em>, and political\u00a0practice<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ‘discipline’ of political ‘science’ (or in an earlier age ‘the law’) examines the way different institutional arrangements affect\u2014as Harold Lasswell put it\u2014who gets what, when, how. There is a large and fascinating library of books examining that question. But … Continue reading