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IGNOU MPSE 003 Dec 2018 Question Paper which was held in Dec 2018. Candidates have to attempt 5 questions in all, selecting at least 2 from each section. Each question need to be answered in 400 words.
SECTION – I
- Explain the relevance of classical tradition in Western Political Thought.
- Why is Machiavelli regarded as the father of Modern Political Thought ? Elaborate.
- Explain the importance of St. Augustine’s doctrine of the church as a perfect society.
- ‘Rousseau’s Sovereign is Hobbe’s Leviathan with head chopped.’ Comment.
- Discuss John Locke’s conception of the state of nature and ‘natural rights.
SECTION – II
- Analyse Edmund Burke’s Critique of Natural Lights.
- Examine Immanuel Kant’s views of Perpetual Peace.
- Critically examine J.S. Mill’s observation that after food and clothing, liberty is a want of human nature.
- Explain Hegel’s statement that the state is the March of God on Earth.
- Examine Karl Marx’s theory of Alienation.
