{"id":958,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/elucidate-the-meanings-inherent-in-the-term-political-with-upsc-psir-2024-0101\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:06","slug":"elucidate-the-meanings-inherent-in-the-term-political-with-upsc-psir-2024-0101","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/elucidate-the-meanings-inherent-in-the-term-political-with-upsc-psir-2024-0101\/","title":{"rendered":"Elucidate the meanings inherent in the term \u2018political\u2019 with appropriate illustrations."},"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> \u2018political\u2019 an essentially contested concept <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Greek <i>polis<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Aristotle\u2019s \u201cpolitical animal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> binding collective decisions under disagreement <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the \u201cArt of the Possible\u201d.<\/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>Art of government <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> public affairs (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Arendt<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> compromise\/consensus (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Locke<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> power (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Leftwich<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> friend\u2013enemy (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Schmitt<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> authoritative allocation of values (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Easton<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> hegemony (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Gramsci<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> political economy (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Marx<\/b>).<\/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>Institutional view too narrow; Schmitt overstates antagonism; too broad a view dissolves the \u2018political\u2019 into the \u2018social\u2019.<\/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> meanings overlap, not exclude \u2014 a layered field of power, values, institutions, choices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the contestation itself reflects the political.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[32],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-958","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-political-theory","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/958","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\/958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4552,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/958\/revisions\/4552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}