Porijeklo znanstvenog izučavanja političkog sistema
The Origins of the Scientific Enquiry Into the Political System

Summary/Abstract: By a review of the most prominent representatives of political theory, the author traces the beginnings of scientific research into the political system. The appearance of this field of research should not be associated with the flourishing of political science in the United States of America in the early 20th century, or with the first appearance of the expression 'political system’ (the term 'political system' is relatively new: it was coined in USA in the 1950s, came into use in Yugoslavia around 1963, and in the Soviet Union only in 1971). The author suggests that the scientific scrutiny of politics and the political system is the product of favourable social conditions for this, with the ideas of Marx and Engels providing a basis for the scientific comprehension of politics and the political system, thus facilitating a synthesis of theory and practice. Although social and political ideas are always determined by the social, political and ideological milieu, they are at the same time a continuation of the preceding theoretical work, transformed, amended and evolved through time.

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