In hope that scientific nomadism may turn out to be meaningful after all

Abstract

How developing useful considerations on ‘methods’ when methodology is not your major focus of theoretical concern? The answer could be by looking back at forty years of research structured by a reflexive nomadism, an investment in conceptual import-export and a passion for objects which have rarely been the most legitimate for political scientists. What emerges thus are epistemological lessons and suggestions of analytical methods. What could be a panoptical approach of cultural goods? Why should researchers value induction and adopt the habit of having more than one research topic?