Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is considered in both history and political science as a text of fundamental disciplinary relevance. However, neither discipline takes the other discipline into account during debates about Thucydides. This collection addresses this inter-disciplinary gap, asking how can and should the two disciplines approach Thucydides in the 21st century. This collection gives the reader an overview of recent scholarly work, interests, and developments in both disciplines with regard to Thucydides. It also establishes the question of "e;political order"e; as a common theme in relation to Thucydides for historians and political scientists alike and identifies a common research agenda for future scholarly work on Thucydides across the disciplines.

PART I – INTRODUCTION: THUCYDIDES AND POLITICAL ORDER
1. Introduction: Thucydides and Political Order; Christian R. Thauer and Christian Wendt
PART II – THUCYDIDES AND THE MODERN READER: METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
2. Contextualism and Universalism in Thucydidean Thought; Neville Morley
3. It's Time For History! Thucydides in International Relations: Towards a Post-'Westphalian' Reading of a Pre-'Westphalian' Author; Christian R. Thauer
4. Between office and tyranny, internal and external rulership: arch? in Herodotus and Thucydides; Peter Spahn
5. Turannis in the work of Thucydides; Martin Dreher (Magdeburg)
PART III – REPRESENTATIONS OF ORDER IN THUCYDIDES
6. Beneath Politics: Thucydides on the Body as the Ground and Limit of the Political Regime; Clifford Orwin
7. The 'Rule of the Sea': Thucydidean Concept or Periclean Utopia?; Hans Kopp
8. Civic Trust in Thucydides' History; Ryan Balot

Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War is considered in both history and political science as a text of fundamental disciplinary relevance. However, neither discipline takes the other discipline into account during debates about Thucydides. This collection addresses this inter-disciplinary gap, asking how can and should the two disciplines approach Thucydides in the 21st century. This collection gives the reader an overview of recent scholarly work, interests, and developments in both disciplines with regard to Thucydides. It also establishes the question of “political order” as a common theme in relation to Thucydides for historians and political scientists alike and identifies a common research agenda for future scholarly work on Thucydides across the disciplines.