The Story of a Writer: In Honour of Richard Sakwa

This Introduction explores the resources of a modern intellectual, the writer Richard Sakwa for an analysis of the current role and significance of an author as political figure. Suggesting that the tradition of political science and political sociology needs new approaches and inspirations from other disciplines that take their horizon broader. This helps to explain Sakwa's inspiration from political anthropology, from Girard's mimetic theory, from political philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari, when he creatively re-developed them into his life work. In honour of Richard Sakwa we regard the complexity of a lifework that is exercised in a more authentic way.