Il concetto politico fra storia concettuale e storia delle scienze

The essay focuses on the concept of «political concept» within both the history of con- cepts [Begriffsgeschichte] and its philosophical reception. Since the political concept is de ned in relation to the status of modern political science, a comparison is needed between conceptual history, epistemology and history of sciences. The aim of the article is to propose, on this basis, a philosophical interaction between conceptual history and French epistemology (Bachelard, Canguilhem, Foucault