{"id":959,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/eurocentrism-is-both-the-target-and-the-motive-force-of-the-post-upsc-psir-2023-0102\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:06","slug":"eurocentrism-is-both-the-target-and-the-motive-force-of-the-post-upsc-psir-2023-0102","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/eurocentrism-is-both-the-target-and-the-motive-force-of-the-post-upsc-psir-2023-0102\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurocentrism is both the target and the motive force of the post-colonial political theory. Discuss."},"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> Eurocentrism as Western universality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> post-colonial theory grows against it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> dual relation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> European thought \u201cindispensable and inadequate\u201d \u2014 target + motive force in one stroke.<\/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>Define Eurocentrism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> target: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Said<\/b> (<i>Orientalism<\/i>), <b class=\"pq-sc\">Fanon<\/b> (race\/psyche), <b class=\"pq-sc\">Spivak<\/b> (subaltern) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> motive force: can\u2019t escape European categories <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Kautilya\u2013Machiavelli trap <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Global South conflicts read as religious\/tribal.<\/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\">Aijaz Ahmad<\/b>: the culturalist focus can hide capital and class.<\/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> aim is plural analysis, not reverse Eurocentrism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Eurocentrism \u2014 the wall to dismantle and the floor to stand on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[32],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-959","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-15-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\/959","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\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4553,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/959\/revisions\/4553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}