Introduction The characterization of Political Science as an architectonic or master-science occupies a distinctive place in the history of political thought. Associated most prominently with , this formulation reactivates an Aristotelian lineage in which politics is conceived not merely as one discipline among many but as the coordinating, purposive, and normatively directive science that orders … Continue reading Critically examine Ernest Barker’s characterization of Political Science as an architectonic or master-science, and analyse its epistemological primacy in structuring and guiding the normative and institutional orientations of other practical sciences.