EXAM GUIDE
POL SC HELP MODERN POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY
BA Hons Semester 6
• Chapter wise Key points and
Model Answers to Past Year’s
Questions
• 3 sets of Sample Papers with
answer Hints
• Tips for Writing Essay Type
Answers in University Exam
By the Author of
POL SC HELP
,Pol Sc Help Exam Guide Modern Political Philosophy 2021 Edition
PLEASE SPARE FEW MINUTES TO READ THIS
Dear students…WELCOME BACK!
This guide is intended to be like a cheat code (oh no ! not cheating, like the cheat code of
winning the computer game) for your semester exams!
What it contains?
• Key points on each of topics/theme of the revised CBCS Syllabus.
• Theme/topic wise Answer templates to past year’s questions (taken from DU) and other
important questions.
• 3 sets of sample question papers with Answer Hints.
• Answer writing tips and tricks for OBE.
What is Answer Template?
• Answer written in a particular way (Intro, Body, Conclusion) as expected against essay
type questions in university exam.
• I have given you a template(format/structure). You may add or delete contents to make
the answer as your own.
How to use the Guide for the best results?
• For best results, this guide must be used with Pol Sc Help Videos on You Tube.
• First, watch the videos on the theme/topic from POL SC HELP- at least 4-5 times, first in
normal speed, later on with faster speed and selectively. Final watching shouldn’t take
more than 5 min.
• Second, read the key points on the theme/topic very carefully. In fact, even if you only
remember the key points you can write answers in the exam.
• Third, read the answers of past year questions, at least 5 times. Again, the final reading
may not take more than 5-10 minutes.
o I have chosen the questions to cover the entire syllabus.
o Note the key phrases repeated, made bold underlined, and in violet colour in the
answers. You should remember and reproduce them in your answers. Violet bold
are most important phrases. You should google them for further understanding.
o Also, note the standard (academic or legal) words I have used in the answer. Their
easier meaning/synonyms are given in bracket.
• Fourth, read carefully the sample question papers (3 sets). I have given hints to those
questions, too. Read them carefully.
• Finally, read the answer writing tips; use them in the exam.
GOOD WISHES!
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,Pol Sc Help Exam Guide Modern Political Philosophy 2021 Edition
SECTION 1
Chapter Wise
Key Points
and
ANSWERS
Past Year
Questions
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THEME 1: MODERNITY AND ITS DISCOURSES
1.A: CBCS Syllabus
• Concept and discourse on modernity
• Enlightenment and its impact on the discourse of modernity and modern political
philosophy
• Critical evaluation of discourse on modernity
1.B: KEY POINTS:
• The word Modern symbolizes recentness, current, just now, in recent memory, etc. It
comes from the Latin word modernus, meaning “just recently.” Thus, being modern
implies break from the past, up-to-date, current.
• The word ‘discourse’ has varied meaning and connotation. But for our purpose it means
how a ‘word’ (such as modernity) is given a specific meaning by use of language, sign,
symbol, and manufacturing general consent about the meaning and understanding of that
word. It is a claim about the meaning of certain word, not simply describing its meaning.
It is prescriptive.
• Thus, discourse on modernity means the way meaning of modernity has been constructed
by western philosophers by using certain linguistic and communicative devices.
• Though literal meaning of modernity relates to time, and therefore it denotes a temporal
phenomenon, discourse on modernity is the specific way in which the word is understood.
As a discourse modernity is progress and development of human civilization which is
positive, good, which made human life better, more comfortable, enriched, more fulfilled.
• Thus, modernity became a value loaded term. It not only demoted ahead or modern in
temporal sense but also ahead in human progress, both intellectual and material. Thus, it
denoted civilizational progress towards betterment.
• Interestingly, when used first time in 16th century, ‘modern’ had negative connotations,
someone/something ‘different’ not conforming to established tradition. Calling someone
modern would be offending. Only after few centuries it acquired positive connotations.
Thus, discourse (narrative) on modernity itself changed in modern period!
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POL SC HELP MODERN POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY
BA Hons Semester 6
• Chapter wise Key points and
Model Answers to Past Year’s
Questions
• 3 sets of Sample Papers with
answer Hints
• Tips for Writing Essay Type
Answers in University Exam
By the Author of
POL SC HELP
,Pol Sc Help Exam Guide Modern Political Philosophy 2021 Edition
PLEASE SPARE FEW MINUTES TO READ THIS
Dear students…WELCOME BACK!
This guide is intended to be like a cheat code (oh no ! not cheating, like the cheat code of
winning the computer game) for your semester exams!
What it contains?
• Key points on each of topics/theme of the revised CBCS Syllabus.
• Theme/topic wise Answer templates to past year’s questions (taken from DU) and other
important questions.
• 3 sets of sample question papers with Answer Hints.
• Answer writing tips and tricks for OBE.
What is Answer Template?
• Answer written in a particular way (Intro, Body, Conclusion) as expected against essay
type questions in university exam.
• I have given you a template(format/structure). You may add or delete contents to make
the answer as your own.
How to use the Guide for the best results?
• For best results, this guide must be used with Pol Sc Help Videos on You Tube.
• First, watch the videos on the theme/topic from POL SC HELP- at least 4-5 times, first in
normal speed, later on with faster speed and selectively. Final watching shouldn’t take
more than 5 min.
• Second, read the key points on the theme/topic very carefully. In fact, even if you only
remember the key points you can write answers in the exam.
• Third, read the answers of past year questions, at least 5 times. Again, the final reading
may not take more than 5-10 minutes.
o I have chosen the questions to cover the entire syllabus.
o Note the key phrases repeated, made bold underlined, and in violet colour in the
answers. You should remember and reproduce them in your answers. Violet bold
are most important phrases. You should google them for further understanding.
o Also, note the standard (academic or legal) words I have used in the answer. Their
easier meaning/synonyms are given in bracket.
• Fourth, read carefully the sample question papers (3 sets). I have given hints to those
questions, too. Read them carefully.
• Finally, read the answer writing tips; use them in the exam.
GOOD WISHES!
All rights reserved @polschelp.in 2
,Pol Sc Help Exam Guide Modern Political Philosophy 2021 Edition
SECTION 1
Chapter Wise
Key Points
and
ANSWERS
Past Year
Questions
All rights reserved @polschelp.in 3
, Pol Sc Help Exam Guide Modern Political Philosophy 2021 Edition
THEME 1: MODERNITY AND ITS DISCOURSES
1.A: CBCS Syllabus
• Concept and discourse on modernity
• Enlightenment and its impact on the discourse of modernity and modern political
philosophy
• Critical evaluation of discourse on modernity
1.B: KEY POINTS:
• The word Modern symbolizes recentness, current, just now, in recent memory, etc. It
comes from the Latin word modernus, meaning “just recently.” Thus, being modern
implies break from the past, up-to-date, current.
• The word ‘discourse’ has varied meaning and connotation. But for our purpose it means
how a ‘word’ (such as modernity) is given a specific meaning by use of language, sign,
symbol, and manufacturing general consent about the meaning and understanding of that
word. It is a claim about the meaning of certain word, not simply describing its meaning.
It is prescriptive.
• Thus, discourse on modernity means the way meaning of modernity has been constructed
by western philosophers by using certain linguistic and communicative devices.
• Though literal meaning of modernity relates to time, and therefore it denotes a temporal
phenomenon, discourse on modernity is the specific way in which the word is understood.
As a discourse modernity is progress and development of human civilization which is
positive, good, which made human life better, more comfortable, enriched, more fulfilled.
• Thus, modernity became a value loaded term. It not only demoted ahead or modern in
temporal sense but also ahead in human progress, both intellectual and material. Thus, it
denoted civilizational progress towards betterment.
• Interestingly, when used first time in 16th century, ‘modern’ had negative connotations,
someone/something ‘different’ not conforming to established tradition. Calling someone
modern would be offending. Only after few centuries it acquired positive connotations.
Thus, discourse (narrative) on modernity itself changed in modern period!
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