{"id":1407,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-subscribe-to-the-view-that-the-modern-constructs-of-the-upsc-psir-2018-2801\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:32","slug":"do-you-subscribe-to-the-view-that-the-modern-constructs-of-the-upsc-psir-2018-2801","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-subscribe-to-the-view-that-the-modern-constructs-of-the-upsc-psir-2018-2801\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you subscribe to the view that the modern constructs of the state and politics are pre-eminently Euro-Centric and not indigenous and appropriate for the analysis of non-western societies?"},"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> qualified yes <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> modern state a European, Westphalian creation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> imported onto a pre-modern base<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> state <i>and<\/i> politics as Western categories <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> misfire outside the West <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but reworked, not junked<\/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>European state: sovereignty, monopoly of violence, Westphalia <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> imported institution \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Alavi<\/b>\u2019s <i>overdeveloped state<\/i>, no indigenous bourgeoisie <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> modernization theory charged with Eurocentrism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> borrowed categories fail locally \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Riggs<\/b>\u2019s <i>prismatic society<\/i>: form vs practice <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> West on rule of law, developing societies on identity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Pye<\/b>\u2019s communal, loyalty-based process <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kothari<\/b>: caste as the axis of mobilisation<\/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>the same scholarship reworks the categories rather than discarding them <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Chandhoke<\/b> against universal models, for the specificity of colonial history <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> vocabulary can travel once adjusted<\/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> Euro-centric in origin, misleading if applied mechanically<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> serviceable once indigenised, not to be abandoned<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[43],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[70],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1407","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-43","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-state-in-comparative-perspective","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1407","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4819,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1407\/revisions\/4819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}