Abstract: This book was written by John Rawls, which was published in 1993 (subsequently, in 2005, an expanded edition of this book, named “The Idea of Public Reason Revisited”, came out). This book is considered to be an update of his “A Theory of Justice”, published in 1971, where Rawls revised and continued his ideas […]
Political science
Sociology of Poverty: Functionalist and Conflict Perspectives
Defining Poverty: Poverty is the state of being financially incapable of affording the essentials for the prevailing standard of living (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2020). Within this understanding of poverty, the prevailing standard of living and basic human needs, while overlapping are not synonymous. Basic human needs include goods that are necessary for survival, […]
RELEVANCE OF NEO-MARXISM IN THE POSTMODERN WORLD
Before we dive straight into the relevance of Neo-Marxism in the postmodern world, we need to understand the postmodern world and Neo-Marxism. Hence, we start with some background on the two subjects and then proceed to check for the relevance of Neo-Marxist ideologies in the postmodern world. What is a postmodern world? Though the ideas […]
CONTRIBUTIONS OF HANS MORGENTHAU – INTERNATIONAL REALISM
CONTRIBUTIONS OF HANS MORGENTHAU – INTERNATIONAL REALISM At the end of the Second World War, Idealists lost their charm to Realists. The Idealists believe to find the cause of the war so as to find the remedy, was seen as flawed by Realists. Idealists ignored the role of power in international politics, failed to recognize […]
Legal Pluralism in India – is it effective enough?
India has always been a land of pluralism. Ever since the British run states and the princely states came under the common banner of being recognised as ‘India’, it has been a place of symbiotic co-existence of diverse forms of life in terms of social, cultural, religious and legal phenomena. The acceptance and living together […]
Capitalism and Communism: A Comparative Analysis
Throughout history, various systems have been set to govern societies around the world. Capitalism and communism are the two most analyzed and debated systems that affect the economy and society in very different ways. They are concepts that can be analyzed through a multitude of disciplines. This paper attempts to draw a comparative analysis between […]
India and Nuclear Disarmament
What is Disarmament? The model of disarmament is a conflict resolution model in the scope of international relations. A model whose primary objectives are to limit, reduce or outright abolish armed forces, which can range from arms to military equipment. The ultimate end goal being to coax competing states into negotiation rather than pursuing more […]
