{"id":1026,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/do-you-think-that-legitimacy-acquired-by-consent-or-manufactured-upsc-psir-2025-0709\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:16","slug":"do-you-think-that-legitimacy-acquired-by-consent-or-manufactured-upsc-psir-2025-0709","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-think-that-legitimacy-acquired-by-consent-or-manufactured-upsc-psir-2025-0709\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you think that legitimacy acquired by consent or manufactured by indoctrination is an essential element in maintenance of political rule? Justify your answer with relevant examples."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; 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\">R1 Legitimacy = rightfulness \u2192 turns naked power into authority \u2192 force alone never lasts (Rousseau: obedience must rest on duty, not fear) \u2192 stake line: by consent or by manufacture, legitimacy is essential to rule R2 Question pairs two routes \u2014 consent vs indoctrination \u2192 both aim at one thing, voluntary obedience ~. thesis: legitimacy, however secured, is the essential condition of stable rule<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Consent-based legitimacy: authority seen as beneficial, obedience voluntary, coercion backgrounded \u2192 constitutional democracy, elections, rights, welfare \u2192 but legitimacy is often manufactured \u2192 Gramsci&#039;s hegemony: domination + intellectual &amp; moral leadership \u2014 civil society (family, school, church, media) makes ruling worldview common sense \u2192 Althusser&#039;s ISA mould obedient subjects \u2192 Marcuse&#039;s consumer culture.. false needs, false consciousness \u2192 divine right as older manufactured belief \u2192 both routes sustain rule \u2192 Arendt: without legitimacy authority falls back on coercion, which cannot last \u2014 absence \u2192 resistance, protest, governability crisis<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Manufactured legitimacy is fragile \u2192 Habermas: capitalist economy vs democratic demands \u2192 legitimation crisis.. engineered consent cannot mask contradictions for long -. Soviet collapse = manufactured consent cracking<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 Legitimacy essential to maintaining rule \u2192 but only genuine, openly reasoned consent makes it durable \u2192 indoctrination buys time, not permanence R2 Legitimacy, by consent or by manufacture, is indispensable \u2192 naked force without it is short-lived _. lasting rule rests on freely given consent, not engineered belief<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[52],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1026","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","pyq_marks-15-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\/1026","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1026\/revisions\/2447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}