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What philosopher should be conferred the prestigious title of the founder of  modern political science? This article claims that Thomas Hobbes most  deserves to be called the founding father of the modern scientific discipline  tasked with the study of politics, state and government. Disapproving of its  ancient founder, Aristotle, the discipline begins anew with a combination of  arguments from Machiavelli and Hobbes. More precisely, modern political  science is founded on the Hobbesian correction of Machiavelli as Hobbes not  only focuses on the separation of morals and science, by relying on an  illiberal conception of human nature, but also radically redefines science as  such. This paradigmatic shift has in turn subverted the discipline. The  legacies of Hobbesian scientific revolution have provided contemporary  political science with a justification for its fascination with order and  metrics. Denying the intrinsic value of the normative nature of political  realities, a coherent conception of politics and, consequently, a coherent  conception of the purpose of the study of politics remain incomplete and  illiberal.

The illiberal founding of modern political science and its implications for the contemporary study of politics