{"id":962,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-resurgence-of-political-theory-150-words-upsc-psir-2019-0105\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:07","slug":"comment-on-resurgence-of-political-theory-150-words-upsc-psir-2019-0105","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-resurgence-of-political-theory-150-words-upsc-psir-2019-0105\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on resurgence of political theory. (150 words)"},"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> death declared <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> premature \u2014 what fell was positivist science, not theory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> behaviouralism sidelined values <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> normative theory revives.<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Germino<\/b>: theory \u201crising from the ashes\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Berlin<\/b>: survives while rational curiosity lives <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rawls<\/b>\u2019s <i>A Theory of Justice<\/i> = the decisive moment <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> field widens: feminism, multiculturalism, environment, post-colonial.<\/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>Not a rejection of empirical science \u2014 science supplies the means, philosophy decides the ends.<\/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> synthesis of facts and values.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> a rebirth, not a return to old moralism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[32],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-962","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-10-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\/962","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\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4556,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/962\/revisions\/4556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=962"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=962"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=962"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}