{"id":1025,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/explain-macphersons-view-on-power-tel-lll-upsc-psir-2025-0708\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:28","slug":"explain-macphersons-view-on-power-upsc-psir-2025-0708","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/explain-macphersons-view-on-power-upsc-psir-2025-0708\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain Macpherson&#8217;s view on power."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Power located in liberalism\u2019s own foundations, not command over others <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> possessive individualism as starting point<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Individual as self-owner <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> freedom tied to property <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> limited liberal freedom, sets up the argument<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Possessive individualism (self-ownership, freedom = property, state guards property\/market) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> extractive power (control of others\u2019 productive capacities; legitimised by possessive individualism; capitalist-market inequality; owners command non-owners) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> developmental power (higher human capacities; ethical, not descriptive; needs welfare; opposes extractive) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> real democracy must centre self-development + cut extractive power <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but liberal capitalist democracies let the powerful convert extractive into their own developmental power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Nancy Fraser<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> wealth inequality + social hierarchy + historical legacies shape power and development (checks <b class=\"pq-sc\">Macpherson<\/b>\u2019s optimism)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Power redefined: from control over others <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> conditions for human self-development<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Genuine democracy = maximising developmental power, minimising extractive power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[52],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1025","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-power-authority-legitimacy","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4619,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1025\/revisions\/4619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}