Political science is the technical term for a political, economic, and legal field of knowledge that emerged toward the end of the 18th century; it took shape over the course of the 18th century as a coherent subject with its own methodology, initially still called cameralism (Cameralism 2.). Its roots went back to the 17th century, in a body of literature oriented toward practical politics, which aimed to provide the prince (Latin princeps) advice on how to stabilize and expand his power – …