Representative Political Thinkers

Paper Code: 
POL 601
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper studies the Political Thought from Bentham to Marx as well as Lenin and Mao. The course intends to generate a critical awareness about the traditions of political thought in the West as well as the East

9.00
Unit I: 
UNIT 1

T.H. Green (Theory of State, Resistance to state, War,)

9.00
Unit II: 
UNIT 2

Jeremy Bentham (Utilitarianism, Theory of Punishment & Prison reforms, Laws and Rights);

John Stuart Mill (Revision of Utilitarianism, Liberty, Representative democracy)

9.00
Unit III: 
UNIT 3

Karl Heinrich Marx (Dialectical Materialism, Materialistic conception of history, Theory of class-struggle, Communism and Revolution)

9.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT 4

Vladimir I. Lenin (Changes introduced into Marxism, Theory of party organization and Theory of Imperialism);

Mao Zedong (On Communism & Cultural revolution)

9.00
Unit V: 
UNIT 5

Harold Laski (On state & sovereignty; Federalism, Concept of rights liberty & property)

John Rawls (Theory of Justice)

Essential Readings: 
  • Gauba, O.P., (2017), Western Political Thought, New Delhi, Mayur Paperbacks
  • Mukherjee S. (2003), History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx, New Delhi,Prentice Hall of India
  • Parekh ,B., & Pantham, T., (1987), Political Discourse: Explorations in Indian and Western Political Thought, New Delhi, Sage Publications
  • Sharma, U., & Sharma, S.K.,(2016), Western Political Thought: From Plato to Burke, New Delhi , Atlantic Publishers
  •  Suda, J.P., ( 2016), History of Political Thought: (Vol. I&II), Merrut, K. Nath & Co
  • Wayper, C.L.,(2018), Political Thought, India, Aitbs Publishers
References: 
  • Adam, I., & Dyson, R.W.,(2004),Fifty Great Political Thinkers, London, Routledge
  •  Boucher, D.,&  Kelly, P., Political Thinkers, London,Oxford University Press
  • Jones, W.T.,( 1959), Masters of Political Thought, (Vols.2 & 3), London, George Harrap & Co
  • Nelson B.R.,(2006),Western Political Thought, Second Edition, New Delhi, Pearson Education
  • Sabine,G.H.,(1997), History of Political Theory,New Delhi, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  • Skoble,A. & Machan,T., (2007), Political Philosophy: Essential Selections, New Delhi, Pearson Education
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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