Emancipatory policy sciences or interpretative revisionism: some thoughts on Douglas Torgerson’s The Policy Sciences of Harold Lasswell
Author ORCID Identifier
Hengameh Saberi: 0000-0002-9943-7290
Document Type
Review Essay
Publication Date
11-24-2024
Source Publication
Policy Sci 57, 925–930 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-024-09556-3
Keywords
Policy sciences; Lasswell; New Haven School; Naturalism
Abstract
In the Policy Sciences of Harold Lasswell, Douglas Torgerson asks an important question– whether the logic of policy sciences can inspire democratic hope for social betterment. His response is refreshing and psychoanalytically-informed optimism, whereas a jurispru-dential detour of the NHS’s legacy as the most important application of policy sciences in another discipline calls for agnosticism. Revisiting the application of policy sciences in international law suggests that the very logic of policy sciences, under the influence of a defective form of naturalism, disables its potential for inclusive democracy.
Repository Citation
Saberi, Hengameh, "Emancipatory policy sciences or interpretative revisionism: some thoughts on Douglas Torgerson’s The Policy Sciences of Harold Lasswell" (2024). Articles & Book Chapters. 3298.
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/scholarly_works/3298
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