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Political thought can be studied in manyways. Throughout the consolidation of academic boundaries between different disciplines of social sciences, empiricism has gained strength, particularly during the Cold War in quite a number of respected universities of Western world. Analysing the political behaviour via observation and empirical studies started to define the boundaries of political research. Since scientific endeavour was strictly referred to the analysis of “what is”, any debate on “what ought to be” was labelled as political speculation. Natural sciences ruled supreme, and social sciences were expected to follow similar methods to reveal laws of history and society.