Political Thought

Nehru the first Prime Minister of India, trained to be a barrister and became the prominent leader of INC; He wrote some of the great books as well as his autobiography; thoughts of Bernald Roussell and Walter Crocker; His political ideas and its features; his features includes that the state should be impartial in religious matters; he played a key role in abolishing caste discrimination, dowry and sati ;the characteristics of state according to him; Manifestation of Nehru Secularism in Indian ...

Nehru the first Prime Minister of India, trained to be a barrister and became the prominent leader of INC; He wrote some of the great books as well as his autobiography; thoughts of Bernald Roussell and Walter Crocker; His political ideas and its features; his features includes that the state should be impartial in religious matters; he played a key role in abolishing caste discrimination, dowry and sati ;the characteristics of state according to him; Manifestation of Nehru Secularism in Indian ...

Jayaprakash Narayan commonly referred as J.P. , drafted Sarvodaya Plan; inspired by Gandhian ideals; dedicated to Sarvodaya movement to establish true socialism; concept of total revolution; gave combination of seven revolutions; political, social, economic, ideological, intellectual, educational, spiritual; vibrant democracy; announced a four part strategy; paralysing the government; implementing Gram Swarajya; creating a people's government; Sarvodaya denotes new social order; society is ca...

Meaning of Marxism; Contribution of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; Definition given by Plekhanov and G.W.F. Hegel; thoughts of Karl Marx; Three elements of Marxism; First- Dialectical Philosophy transformed into Dialectical Materialism; Second-Marxism a system of political economy, labour theory of value and theory of surplus value; Finally, Marxism a theory of state and revolution; Features of Marxism; Basic Principles of Marxism; Marxism in India; Fundamental Principles (Kolakowski); He says ...

Gramsci developed Hegemony in Prison Writings; determinist economist interpretation of history : of Mechanical Historical materialism; cultural, moral and ideological leadership; It means dominance or leadership; made an analysis on how ruling capitalistic class - the bourgeoisie; no socialist revolution in advanced countries; capitalism entrenched; he sees cultural hegemony as a means of maintaining and legitimising the capitalist state; calls union of social forces - Historic Bloc.

Gandhi's concept of Swaraj, Meaning of Swaraj, The term was first used by Maharishi Dayananda Saraswathi who is the founder of Arya Samaj, Swaraj means Economic Freedom; Contribution of Vinoba Bhave, Arvind Kejrival and some other activists of India, Gandhi's idea on Swaraj, He gave four classifications of Swaraj, Finally Swaraj can be attained by educating the masses.

Natural Rights, Rights which are those universal and inalienable, Locke on natural rights and his fundamentals of natural rights, Jefferson on natural rights and some of his key ideas.

Jeremy Bentham and his views on Utilitarianism, he describes about the pleasure and pain, the two sovereign masters which governs the man. In this he includes Theory of Government, legislation, law reforms and about education.

What is Liberty, Berlin's contribution towards Liberty, Two concepts of Liberty, Positive and Negative Liberty.

Liberalism and its meaning, definition given by various thinkers, classical and modern thinkers on liberalism, various constituents of liberalism and elements of liberalism.