Mayorov R.N. Political theory in the United States as the space for formation of national ideology

Abstract: This article explores the peculiarities and internal contradictions of the U. S. political theory, as well as its ability to form national ideology and feed the national idea of American people at the present stage. The U. S. political theory was initially developing as a special chapter of the American political science, called to establish both, the effectiveness of American political science, as well as the American political system. The author determines and formulates the systemic limitations imposed by the imitation of the American political theory by the natural science disciplines and following the idea of “American exclusivity”. Declaring the freedom from values in the research, the U. S. political theory is in fact closely tied to the values of liberalism. This unique dogmatism in combination with rejection of criticism makes the American political theory similar to the Communist teachings, and resembles its ideology. It is also justified by the fact that the American Political Science Association does not really tolerate dissent in its ranks, as substantiated by the actual American political scientists. In the end, the contradictions accumulated in the area of political theory impede the truly objective political research and development of political science in the United States.

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