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Source: NYT

10-28-15

Sheldon S. Wolin, the political scientist who put history back into political science, dies at 93

Mr. Wolin galvanized political science by gathering key political philosophers, beginning with the Greeks, and examining their ideas as a way to criticize current political structures.

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Sheldon S. Wolin, the political scientist who put history back into political science, dies at 93